Lisbon Cascais-Tejo Regional Airport (Cascais Municipal Aerodrome) ( pt, Aeródromo de Tires/Aeródromo Municipal de Cascais)
is a regional airport, situated near the village of Tires, in the
civil parish
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of
São Domingos de Rana
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, in the
Portuguese
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municipality
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of
Cascais, approximately northeast of
town of the same name in the
Greater Lisbon subregion.
History
On 11 October 1964, the then-President of the Portuguese Republic,
Américo Tomás
Américo de Deus Rodrigues Tomás (; 19 November 1894 – 18 September 1987) was a Portuguese Navy officer and politician who served as the 13th president of Portugal from 1958 to 1974.
Biography Early life
Américo de Deus Rodrigues Tomà ...
inaugurated the Aerodrome of Tires.
The project was born of the initiatives of the Secretary-of-State for Aeronautics and Directorate-general for Civil Aeronautics, as well as the Count of Monte Real.
[ The aerodrome was planned for the area around Areia-Guincho, but installed in Tires, a project of the Directorate and earthmoving performed by the military aeronautics division.][ By 1973, work on the local was still continuing.][
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Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Cascais Airport:
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