History and alternatives
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Strategic demand scenario for 2050
Status: Target / forecast
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Earlier Alcochete airport concepts (2008–2010)
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Montijo complementary-airport proposal images
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Montijo Air Base from the air
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Chart: the 2024 two-runway figure, split by runway
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Government chooses Alcochete as the site of the new airport
Announcement of the 2024 decision: Alcochete chosen; Humberto Delgado kept and expanded only until the new airport operates; name Luís de Camões; base model of two runways (90–95 movements an hour) expandable to four;…
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Aeroparticipa — Independent Technical Commission
Portal of the Independent Technical Commission that examined strategic options for Lisbon's airport capacity, including Alcochete and Vendas Novas, before the 2024 decision.
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A conditional favourable environmental declaration was issued for Alcochete in 2010
Status: Historical / superseded
An earlier airport solution at the eastern end of the Campo de Tiro de Alcochete received a conditional favourable environmental impact declaration in 2010. That declaration has since lapsed.
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2024 base model: two runways, expandable to four
Status: Target / forecast
The 2024 decision recommended a base model of two runways handling 90–95 movements an hour, with the possibility of expanding to four runways for passenger traffic that could exceed 100 million a year by…
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2024 analysis: €6,105 million for two runways
Status: Historical / superseded
The Government's 2024 announcement gave the total cost of two runways as €6,105 million: €3,231 million for the first and €2,874 million for the second.