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Cascais Airport (LPCS), also known as Tires Aerodrome, is a regional airfield in the parish of São Domingos de Rana, within the municipality of Cascais, some 12 km northeast of Cascais town in the Greater Lisbon area. It is a long-standing centre for flying training in Portugal and offers a single paved runway with tower and radar-monitored control, making it a popular and instructive VFR destination close to the capital.
Cascais Airport, formally the Aeródromo Municipal de Cascais and also referred to as Tires Aerodrome, is a public regional airfield operated by Cascais E.M. It sits near the village of Tires in the parish of São Domingos de Rana, within the municipality of Cascais, and has long served as a base for flying schools, general aviation and executive traffic close to Lisbon. For a visiting VFR pilot it offers a straightforward single-runway layout, a visual control tower with radar monitoring, and a genuinely historic setting dating back to the 1960s.
The aerodrome lies in the Lisbon area, in the civil parish of São Domingos de Rana, part of the municipality of Cascais, approximately 12 km northeast of Cascais town itself in the Greater Lisbon subregion. It is located on Avenida Amália Rodrigues in Tires. The field operates a visual control tower with radar monitoring, and pilots should expect proximity to Lisbon's wider terminal airspace given the short distance to the capital.
Cascais has a single physical runway, 17/35, oriented broadly north-south. Runway 35 is 5,049 ft long and runway 17 is 4,426 ft long as published; both are hard-surfaced and lit. There is no ILS available at the field.
The aerodrome callsign is Cascais. Ground is on 121.83 MHz and Tower on 120.305 MHz. The field is equipped with a visual control tower supported by radar monitoring. Locally sourced information also describes a locator-type NDB and a TVOR/DME associated with the aerodrome, along with approach lighting and an APAPI visual approach slope system, though no ILS is provided.
Specific published circuit heights and joining procedures are not detailed in the available sources, but the field is controlled by a visual control tower with radar monitoring, so pilots should expect to operate under ATC instruction rather than a self-announced circuit. The airfield has a Category 5 rescue and fire-fighting service as standard, with Category 7 available by prior arrangement.
The airfield is sited on Avenida Amália Rodrigues in Tires, within São Domingos de Rana, and lies within the Estoril Coast tourist area, making the Cascais coastline and the town of Cascais itself useful distant landmarks when approaching from the south or west.
Cascais Airport was inaugurated on 11 October 1964 by the then President of Portugal, Américo Tomás. The project originated with the Secretary of State for Aeronautics and the Directorate-General for Civil Aeronautics, along with the Count of Monte Real. Although originally planned for the area around Areia-Guincho, the aerodrome was ultimately built at Tires, with earthmoving works carried out by the military aeronautics division; construction and development work was still continuing as late as 1973.
The airfield remains a hub for flying training, hosting many of Portugal's aviation schools owing to its proximity to Lisbon and the country's largest population centre. A helipad on site hosts an INEM medical emergency helicopter available around the clock. The aerodrome has published operational hours, with normal use permitted from 08:00 local time until sunset, prior permission required for operations in the early morning and after sunset, and the field closed overnight; prior permission (PPR) is required outside the standard operating hours.