On a typical day the airport handles around 200 flights, and per year more than 10 million people travel using this airport. It was renamed to Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport, named after the former prime minister, Franciso Sá Carneiro, and it was rebuilt in 2006 to become one of the best airports in Europe of its class. Porto Airport is a modern, medium size airport, the second largest in Portugal, i t was opened in 1945 and it was named Pedras Rubras airport, after the name of the place where it is located Pedras Rubras ("red rocks").
Porto Airport (airport code OPO) as it is often known is used by a majority European airlines (TAP Air Portugal, Ryanair, Easyjet, Vueling, Iberia, KLM, Air France, Swiss Air, Transavia, British Airways, Wizz air, Air Europa,) and some intercontinental Airlines (Emirates, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines, Delta, Azul) It is around 40 minutes from Porto by the Porto airport metro that is largely used for transfers between the airport and the city.
Porto Airport or Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport is located about 19km (12 miles) north of the Porto city centre.
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