Airports / Portugal / LPST
Based operators
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
6 nm
To the nearest alternate
Cascais Airport (CAT) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Sintra Air Base (LPST) sits in Sintra, Portugal, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 440 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
Charter departments call it home: EuroAtlantic Airways bases aircraft at LPST. Useful alternates include Cascais Airport (CAT, 6 nm), Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS, 10 nm), and Alverca Air Base (LPAR, 15 nm).
Quotes for flights out of LPST vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from LPST, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
LPST
IATA
—
FAA / Local
LPST
Elevation
440 ft
Coordinates
38.8311° N · 9.3395° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Portugal fields
state range 5–2,241 ft
At 440 ft, LPST sits higher than 71% of the 31 Portugal fields on the register.
Based charter operators1
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 6nmCATCascais AirportCascais
- 10nmLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportLisbon
- 15nmLPARAlverca Air BaseVila Franca de Xira
- 16nmLPMTMontijo Air BaseMontijo
- 60nmLPTNTancos AirbaseTancos
- 63nmLPMRMonte Real Air Base
Location
Open the full mapLPST · Sintra Air Base · Sintra, Portugal