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

Milestone
Preventive land-use measures (RCM 30/2026)
Status: Legally decided
Council of Ministers adopts preventive land-use measures linked to the airport.
Open question
What will happen to the Humberto Delgado site after closure?
Open question
How will water, fuel and power reach the airport?
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Illustration: a Ribatejo town
Figure
Light vehicles a day (estimate)
Status: Target / forecast
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Heavy vehicles a day (estimate)
Status: Target / forecast
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Lezíria farmland near Benavente
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Benavente town centre
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The EN118 in Benavente
Source document
Council of Ministers Resolution 30/2026 (preventive measures)
Resolution establishing preventive land-use measures linked to the new airport (per the research dossier). Scope and duration to be confirmed from the text.