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FAQ · FAQ-026

What happens to Humberto Delgado in the meantime?

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

It stays open, with capacity improvements, until the new airport is operational. The 2024 decision aimed to raise it to 45 movements an hour, and ANA is carrying out terminal works under a programme of more than €300 million.

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26
Topic
Aviation and airlines

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  1. Lisbon Airport: Terminal 2 extension with a new boarding areaANA – Aeroportos de Portugal (VINCI Airports) · · 2 — Official report, plan or statement 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)

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Answer checked against the cited sources on 18 Oct 2026.

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