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Porto Airport (OPO)

Porto Airport (OPO), the Francisco Sá Carneiro airport, is 11 km from Porto, in Maia. Before security everything is on the ground floor; after, the second floor holds the Schengen and the non-Schengen areas, with a children's playground in each. Metro line E reaches the city centre in about 30 minutes, and 42 airlines fly from the airport.

Children are 2 to 11 years old; infants are under 2.

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Updated 22 October 2026

The terminal at Porto Airport

Porto Airport (OPO) is the Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport, and its operator ANA puts it in Maia, about 11 km from Porto, on the edges of Matosinhos and Vila do Conde. The airport's own site does not publish a count of terminals, but it describes how the building works: the check-in area and the shops are on the ground floor before security, after security the second floor holds the boarding areas, and the departures curb is on the third floor, with the arrivals curb back on the ground floor.

The lockers are on floor -1, in the underground access tunnel 1. The airport says 16.9 million passengers went through in 2025, and that it is the second national airport of Portugal, serving the whole northern region of the country and Spain.

Airlines at Porto Airport

The airport's own airlines page lists 42 carriers. They are Aegean Airlines, Air Baltic, Air Canada, Air Europa, Air France, Air Serbia, Air Transat, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Azul Linhas Aéreas, Azores Airlines, British Airways, Brussels Airlines, Bulgaria Air, Chair Airlines, Delta Air Lines, easyJet, EL AL, Ethiopian Airlines, Eurowings, Iberia, Jet2.com, KLM, LOT, Lufthansa, Luxair, Norwegian, Royal Air Maroc, Ryanair, SAS, Smartwings, SunExpress, Swiss, TAP Portugal, Transavia, Transavia France, TUIfly Germany, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines, Volotea, Vueling and Wizz Air.

Getting to and from Porto Airport

The metro is the easiest way in: line E, the purple line, runs every 20 or 30 minutes depending on the time and the day of the week, and the airport's own site puts the trip to the city centre at about 30 minutes. Buses from STCP and Resende also serve the airport, including line 120, which runs from Guifões and from São Gens.

Taxis run 24 hours a day and are always at the taxi ranks, and the airport has shuttles to the city centre and to many places around Porto, run by getBUS, Goin'Porto, Ovnitur Viagens, Transdev and Autna, with direct buses to Amarante, Braga, Chaves, Guimarães, Campanhã and Vila Real. The rental cars of Avis-Budget, Europcar, Goldcar, Guerin, Hertz and Sixt are before security, just outside the terminal.

Porto Airport with children

The airport's family services page lists a children's playground for children aged 2 to 7, with a maximum of 20 children at a time, and there are two of them: one on the second floor in the Schengen area and one on the second floor in the non-Schengen area. Every sanitary facility in the terminal has a baby-changing unit, and the services are available every day, for passengers of all airlines.

The airport's page for families says to arrive two hours early for domestic and European flights and three hours for intercontinental ones, that passengers with children are usually allowed to board first if they get to the gate before boarding starts, and that a pushchair can be checked in at the gate and returned at the destination. Children go through the X-ray screening like everyone else; only infants may pass with their parents.

Plan your stop at Porto Airport

The airport publishes the times to reach the check-in desk: 90 minutes for a Schengen flight, 120 for a non-Schengen flight inside Europe and 180 for an intercontinental one, and it says most airlines let you check in online 48 hours before boarding. The Fast Track channel is open from 04:00 to 23:00.

Keep your passport and any form you filled in on the plane with you from the aircraft door to the exit, and check with the embassy or the consulate of every country on your route which documents your family needs to enter it.

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Frequently asked questions

How many terminals does Porto Airport have?

The airport's own site does not publish a count of terminals. It describes the building by floor: the check-in area and the shops on the ground floor before security, the boarding areas on the second floor after it, and the departures curb on the third floor.

Which airlines fly from Porto Airport?

The airport's own airlines page lists 42 carriers, from Aegean Airlines, Air Baltic and Air Canada to Ryanair, SAS, TAP Portugal, Transavia, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines, Vueling and Wizz Air.

How do I get from Porto Airport to the city?

By metro: line E, the purple line, runs every 20 or 30 minutes depending on the time and the day of the week, and the trip to the city centre takes about 30 minutes. Buses, shuttles and taxis also serve the airport, and the taxis run 24 hours a day.

What does Porto Airport offer for children?

Two children's playgrounds for children aged 2 to 7, one on the second floor in the Schengen area and one in the non-Schengen area, with a maximum of 20 children in each, plus baby-changing units in every sanitary facility. The services are available every day, for the passengers of all airlines.

How early should I arrive at Porto Airport?

The airport asks families to arrive two hours early for domestic and European flights and three hours for intercontinental ones, and it publishes the check-in desk times: 90 minutes for Schengen, 120 for non-Schengen inside Europe and 180 for intercontinental flights.