The Faro International Airport is a Portuguese airport located at 4 kilometers from Faro city in the Algarve and it is the main hub for tourism in the Algarve and Portugal. This airport was opened on the 11th of July of 1965. Millions of passengers pass through here, especially during the summer months. If you are coming on holidays to the Algarve and will need a car, Car Hire Faro Airport has the best advice for you to get a car hire or rental.

The Faro Airport is the second most important airport in Portugal and has had a big growth in passengers during the last years, due to the rise in low cost airlines in Portugal and Spain. In 2007 more than 5.5 million people flew through Faro Airport. To cope with the increased air traffic and passengers the airport has been modernized and enlarged. If you want to explore Portugal and the Algarve, getting a car hire Faro Airport is the best way to go!

Car Parking at Faro Airport

The Faro Airport has three parking places, all in walking distance of the Airport. The car park P1 is for short-term parking located near the Departures area and P3 in the Arrivals area. Car park P2 is long-term parking and is located behind car parks P1 and P3. Hire cars are located in a separate car park.

Car Hire in Faro Airport

Car Hire Faro Airport will give you recommendations on how to get the best car hire in Faro. There are many companies that offer car hire services in Faro. Among them are Auto Jardim, Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz, National/Alamo, Rentauto and Sixt. These companies are all represented at the Faro Airport with counters located in the Arrivals area. If you decide to book a car hire, you should do it in advance and with a reservation. Arriving in Faro and getting a car hire directly at the counter will cost more.

Public Transportation

If you go by bus, the company EVA Buses has busses that go from the airport terminal building to various locations in central Faro and the surroundings. If you need to catch a train or a bus you should get the bus at the airport terminal that goes to central Faro. Then when you arrive at the bus terminal in Faro you can get busses to all destinations or go to the train station. The train station is about 300 metres away from de bus terminal.

Help Desks at Faro Airport

If you need information about transportation to Faro or other answers you can use the information service desk in the airport terminal. Information regarding to details of flights, disabled facilities, opening hours and public transport timetables are all there. Cultural and tourist information is also available on arrival at the Tourism Information desk.

Money and Banking

There are banks in both the Arrivals and Departures areas, with ATMs located nearby. There is also a currency exchange office and post office in the Arrivals area. If you do not have any Euros, it is advised that you just use an ATM with a Visa or Mastercard debit or credit card and withdraw money in Portugal. The charges are less than 2€ to withdraw money from the ATM. If on the other hand you use the currency exchange office it will be much more expensive.

Internet Access

Wireless internet access points are available throughout all Faro Airport.

Restaurants

There are several restaurants, cafés and bars at Faro Airport.

Lost Luggage

There is a Lost and Found office in Faro Airport, near the arrival area. The phone number is (+351) 289 800 688.

Faro Airport Flights

Here is a list of the regular airlines that operate flights in Faro Airport.

  • Aer Arann (Galway, Waterford)
  • Aer Lingus (Dublin, Cork, Belfast)
  • Aigle Azur (Paris CDG)
  • Air Berlin (Basel, Berlin-Schönefeld, Berlin-Tegel, Jerez, Muenster, Munich, Nuremburg, Paderborn, Palma de Mallorca e Zurich)
  • Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
  • bmibaby (Birmingham, Cardiff, Nottingham/East Midlands)
  • British Airways (London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow)
  • Brussels Airlines (Brussels)
  • Centralwings (Warsaw)
  • Condor Airlines (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich)
  • easyJet (Belfast-International, Bristol, Glasgow, Nottingham/East Midlands, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Newcastle)
  • Finnair (Helsínquia)
  • Flybe (Birmingham, Exeter, Norwich, Southampton)
  • Flyglobespan (Aberdeen, Durham Tees Valley, Edinburgh, Glasgow)
  • Germanwings (Koln/Bonn, Stuttgart, Dortmund)
  • Hapagfly (Basel, Koln, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, München, Stuttgart)
  • Helvetic Airways (Zürich)
  • Iberia (Air Nostrum) (Madrid)
  • Jetair (Brussels)
  • Jet2.com (Blackpool, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester)
  • LTU International (Berlin-Schönefeld, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Palma Mallorca)
  • Lufthansa (Frankfurt, Munich)
  • Luxair (Luxemburg)
  • Monarch Airlines (Scheduled) (Birmingham, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Manchester, Glasgow)
  • Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo)
  • Ryanair (Brussels-Charleroi, Dublin, East Midlands, Frankfurt-Hahn, Glasgow-Prestwick, Liverpool, London-Stansted, Shannon)
  • SATA International (Toronto)
  • Smartwings (Praga)
  • Sterling Airlines (Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda, Oslo)
  • Swiss Airlines (Zurique)
  • TAP Portugal (Lisbon, Amsterdam, LondonHeathrow, Paris Orly)
  • Thomsonfly (Scheduled) (Bournemouth, Cardiff, Coventry, Doncaster/Sheffield)
  • transavia.com (Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Rotterdam)

Here is a list of charter flight operating in Faro Airport.

  • Air Atlanta Europe (Manchester)
  • Air France (Marseilles, Lyon)
  • Air Malta (Birmingham, Bristol)
  • Air Transat (Toronto)
  • Arkefly (Amsterdam)
  • Axis Airways (Jerez, Marseilles, Lyon, Paris CDG)
  • Astraeus (Leeds/Bradford, Manchester)
  • Aurela Airlines (Vilnius)
  • BA Connect (Birmingham)
  • Blue Line (Paris CDG)
  • CSA (Dublin)
  • bmi (Edimburgo, Nottingham/East Midlands)
  • Edelweiss (Zürich)
  • Eirjet (Cork, Dublin, Knock)
  • Estonian Airlines (Tallinn)
  • EuroAtlantic Airways (Bournemouth, Cork, Exeter, London Stansted, Shannon, Southampton)
  • Europe Airpost (Paris CDG, Brest, Deauville)
  • European Air Charter (Birmingham, Bournemouth, London Gatwick, Manchester)
  • Excel Airways (Humberside, London Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle)
  • First Choice Airways (Belfast International, Bristol, Dublin, Edinburg, Exeter, Glasgow, Humberside, Leeds/Bradford, London Gatwick, London Luton, London Stansted, Manchester, Nottingham/East Midlands)
  • Flightline (Dublin)
  • Flyjet (London-Gatwick)
  • Futura (Belfast International, Berlin Schonefeld, Dresden, Dublin, Erfurt, Glasgow, Liverpool, Rostock, Reykjavik Keflavik)
  • Icelandair (Reykjavik Keflavik)
  • Iberworld (Glasgow-Prestwick)
  • KrasAir (Moscovo)
  • Livingston (Milan, Rome)
  • LTE (Glasgow-Prestwick, Manston, Warsaw)
  • Mapjet (Cork, Dublin)
  • Martinair (Amsterdam)
  • Monarch Airlines (Charter) (Edinburg, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle)
  • MyTravel Airways (Belfast-International, Birmingham, Cardiff, Dublin, Glasgow, London- Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle)
  • Novair (Stockholm)
  • Rossiya (St Petersburg, Russia)
  • SAS (Aarhus, Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm)
  • Skyservice (Toronto)
  • Spanair (Dublin, Cork)
  • Star Airlines (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
  • Swiss Airlines (Zürich)
  • Transaero (Moscow)
  • TUIfly Nordic (Helsinki, Oslo, Stockholm)
  • Thomas Cook Airlines (Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham/East Midlands)
  • Thomas Cook Airlines - Belgium (Brussels)
  • Thomsonfly (Charter) (Birmingham, Liverpool, London-Luton, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham/East Midlands)
  • Transavia (Amsterdam, Banjul, Eindhoven, Enschede, Groningen, Maastricht, Rotterdam, Seville, Paris-Orly)

If you are arriving in Faro for your holidays in the Algarve, you should consider getting a car hire from Faro Airport during your stay. Getting a car hire in Faro Airport is easy and it is cheap. This way you can hire a car and save on transfer fees to your hotel or other accommodation. When you hire a car hire Faro Airport you don’t have to worry about expensive airport charges, you will get your car hire at the airport at the same price you would get if you had gotten in at the dealership.