Cristiano Ronaldo Madeira International Airport

Cristiano Ronaldo Madeira International Airport

IATA code: FNC
Location: 17 km from the city
Official site: https://www.aeroportomadeira.pt/en/fnc/home
Inquiry: +351 (291) 524-933

Madeira Island International Airport is one of the largest in Portugal and is located 17 km from the main local port of Funchal in the small village of Santa Cruz. A rented car on the Bookingcar website will help you overcome this path to a major city or to your chosen hotel. After relaxing days on the beach, drive your rental car to the fabulous Monte Palace surrounded by a vast garden of plants imported from all over the world, climb the island's highest mountain, Pico Ruivu, and stroll through the relict forests in the valleys between the mountains. Madeira Air Harbor has earned dramatic fame as one of the most dangerous airports in the world. Landing an aircraft here is fraught with serious risks, since pilots have to fly almost blindly among mountain ranges and be ready to make a stop in time so that the aircraft does not fall into the water from the runway located at 70 meters above sea level. All this is aggravated by climatic factors - the intersection of air masses from the mountains and from the sea creates strong turbulence. Be that as it may, the airport complex is undergoing constant changes to improve flight safety - recently the lanes were reconstructed and turned into longer flyovers. And despite the difficulty of landing, the 1977 plane crashes in Madeira never happened again. The air terminal complex is quite compact in size, but at the same time it is equipped with everything necessary to provide passengers with a comfortable stay and a high level of service. In the only terminal, shops with regional goods at affordable prices, cafeterias and restaurants with traditional dishes, car rental offices, bank offices where you can exchange currency, and an area for children's games with cartoons are open around the clock. Most of the island's guests choose it for the sake of a resort vacation and do not plan to leave the beach and the hotel grounds, so they are satisfied with the transfer to the hotel included in the tourist voucher. However, travelers who want to see the sights of the island and get to know its real life prefer to rent a car and organize an independent trip to the most beautiful places.