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The new airport’s site is the Campo de Tiro de Alcochete

Status: Legally decided As of

Illustration: Luís de Camões Airport Observatory (original work). Not to scale; not the airport design.

The Council of Ministers selected the Campo de Tiro de Alcochete, a military firing range mostly in the municipality of Benavente, as the site of the new Lisbon airport.

Record details

Record ID
CLM-001
As-of date
First seen by the observatory
Last verified
Form
Paraphrase
Claimant (organisation or office)
Council of Ministers
Date the claim was made
Type of proposition
Fact
Binding nature
Binding
Topic
Decisions and approvals, Location
Institution
Council of Ministers

Sources

  1. Council of Ministers Resolution 66/2024Diário da República · · 1 — Legal decision or regulation Original (opens the issuer’s website)
  2. Government chooses Alcochete as the site of the new airportPortuguese Government (XXIV Constitutional Government) · · 2 — Official report, plan or statement Original (opens the issuer’s website)

Version history

Earlier versions are never overwritten. Each row is a snapshot recorded when an editor approved a change.

VersionRecordedStatus thenChange note
v1Status: Legally decidedFirst published

Verification

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How it was checked
The legal text was not re-read in this build (client-rendered page); the claim relies on the 17 Oct 2026 research dossier and the Government's announcement.

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