ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal, the company that manages the airport, announced in a statement that “in the year it celebrates its 60th anniversary, Gago Coutinho Airport registered 10 million passengers,” a 6% increase compared to 2024.

New routes

According to the statement, in 2025 the airport's international connectivity was “significantly reinforced” with the opening of six new routes – Newark [United States of America] with United Airlines, Helsinki (Finland) with Finnair, Reykjavik (Iceland) with Play, Funchal with TAP, Riga (Latvia) with Air Baltic, and Krakow (Poland) with Ryanair – and nine new operations.

According to ANA, four new airlines joined regular operations, bringing the total number of carriers present in Faro to 33, and the airport is currently connected to 22 countries and 77 destinations.

Main market

The United Kingdom remains the main market, representing 46% of total traffic, followed by Germany, Ireland, France, and the Netherlands.

According to the company that manages Gago Coutinho Airport, the winter of 2024/25 was the best ever, with "remarkable growth contributing to the reduction of seasonality," having more than doubled winter traffic between 2015 and 2025.

"This result reflects the confidence of passengers, partners, the community, and airlines, as well as the commitment of our teams. We will continue to invest in connecting the Algarve to the world with an ambitious sustainability strategy to ensure that the future is as promising as this present," said the CEO of ANA/Vinci Airports, Thierry Ligonnière, quoted in the statement.

ANA, which manages 10 airports in Portugal, became part of the VINCI Airports network in September 2013, which manages the development and operation of more than 70 airports located in 14 countries.

Faro International Airport - Gago Coutinho was inaugurated on July 11, 1965, and played a decisive role in the economic development of the Algarve.