Loures, Lisbon, Portugal
LPCS
AWA – Aeronautical Web Academy
- ATO PT.ATO.005 · ANAC (Portugal)Verified
- Other P/OOV/03/04 · ANAC (Portugal)Verified
Lisbon-area pilot and Flight Operations Officer school operating since 2008. Theory is taught at its headquarters in Prior Velho, next to Lisbon Airport, with day and evening classes; flight training runs from Hangar 15 at Cascais aerodrome. It offers integrated and modular ATPL, PPL (including a distance-learning version), flight instructor and MCC courses.
ICAO
LPCS
Runway
17/35
Length
1,400 m
Elevation
325 ft
- Roots since
- 2008
- Aircraft
- 20
- Programmes
- 7
Overview
Regulatory approval
ATO PT.ATO.005
Other P/OOV/03/04
ANAC (Portugal), ANAC (Portugal) — EASA Part-FCL
Information completeness
75%
9 of 12 topics documented
Verification coverage
11%
2 verified · 16 school · 0 unconfirmed
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Training programmes
7 programmes documented from the school's own pages.
Integrated ATPL(A)
Candidates with no flying experience aiming for an airline career.
You finish with
- Frozen ATPL(A): CPL(A) with ATPL theory
- Instrument and multi-engine training
- Advanced UPRT
- MCC
Training covers
- 890 h in-person theory
- 204 h 40 flight (up to 40 h in an FNPT II)
- 15 h MCC simulator
- Advanced UPRT
- 100 KSA syllabus
Timetable: Theory Monday–Friday: day course 10:00–17:30 or evening course 18:00–21:20.
Entry requirements
- Age
- 18 by the date the licence is issued
- Education
- 12th year with Mathematics and Physics, or AWA's Maths and Physics exams (under ANAC delegation)
- English
- Knowledge of English required (level not stated)
- Medical
- EASA Class 1
- Prior experience
- Credits possible; ask the school
Published start dates
- 25 Jan 2027Next intake
The school gives an estimated 20–24 months, in six sequential phases. Price not published (“competitive price”, places limited).
School's pageAircraft fleet
20 aircraft in the fleet, according to the source below. Counts are not a guarantee of daily availability.
20 aircraft reported; models not documented.
Cessna
152
2 seats
Grob
G115
2 seats
BRM Aero
Bristell B23
2 seats
Tecnam
P2006T
4 seats
Piper
PA-34 Seneca
6 seats
Simulators
ALSIM ALX FNPT II (Cascais) · Communications simulator (headquarters)
Airfield & campus
Runway data from OurAirports — unconfirmed until checked against the national AIP.
Cascais Airport
Flight training from Hangar 15; FNPT II simulator
- ICAO
- LPCS
- Elevation
- 325 ft
- Runway
- 17/35
- Length × width
- 1,400 × 30 m
- Surface
- Asphalt
Headquarters
9 classrooms and an amphitheatre in Prior Velho
Flight base
Hangar 15, Cascais aerodrome
Instructors
About 28 flight and 35 theory instructors
Other courses
Flight Operations Officer (OOV), PBN, class ratings, aviation English
Maintenance
Own maintenance arm, AWA Technics
Rua 1º de Maio, n.º 8, Quinta do Figo Maduro, 2685-388 Loures (Prior Velho), Portugal
Costs & financing
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- Exact programme price
- Accommodation and meals
- Exam and licence fees
- Extra flying hours
- Resits and retests
- Payment schedule and refunds
Airline connections
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Fleet size
Integrated ATPL flight hours
The phase table adds up to 219 h 40 of flight, but the stated total is 204 h 40 — the 15 h in phase 6 may be the MCC simulator.
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11 sources
Last checked 1 Nov 2026. Something wrong or out of date?
- 01AWA — official websiteschool website
- 02AWA — The academyschool website
- 03AWA — Our fleetschool website
- 04AWA — Integrated ATPL(A)school website
- 05AWA — Modular ATPL(A)school website
- 06AWA — Next Integrated ATPL(A) startschool website · 2026-10-01
- 07AWA — PPL(A)school website
- 08AWA — Flight Instructorschool website
- 09ALSIM — AWA buys an AL250 FNPT II simulatorpress · 2018-12-20
- 10ANAC — Approved Training Organisations (Part-FCL), April 2026regulator · 2026-04
- 11AWA — PPL(A) Distance Learningschool website
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