The Lisboa Airport, known as Portela Airport, is the biggest Portuguese airport and the one in the Country with the larger traffic amount, opened to the public since 1942.
Up to its opening the Lisboa was served by a primitive airport situated further North, in Alverca.
The Lisboa airport is situated in the town, on its Northern area, and has good road accesses, and transportation (although it is not served either by train or metro).
The Lisboa Airport is the main entrance in the Country, with several International flights, as well as National ones, serving airline companies from several destinations.