Portimão, Algarve, Portugal
LPPM
Flying Academy Portugal
- ATO CZ/ATO-014 · ÚCL (CAA CZ)
Portimão base of Flying Academy, an international training group with European bases in Prague and Brno and US bases in Miami and Los Angeles. In the Algarve it offers the EASA PPL(A) with theory taught live online, an accelerated PPL, the night rating and time-building blocks, flying Cessna 152 and 172 aircraft. Its EASA approval is Czech, not Portuguese.
ICAO
LPPM
Runway
11/29
Length
860 m
Elevation
5 ft
- Programmes
- 4
Overview
Regulatory approval
ATO CZ/ATO-014
ÚCL (CAA CZ) — EASA Part-FCL
Information completeness
67%
8 of 12 topics documented
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Ownership & campus
Part of Flying Academy, a group with bases in the Czech Republic (Prague, Brno), the USA (Miami, Los Angeles) and an admissions office in Gurugram, India.
In numbers
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Group experience
In Europe since 2003, in the USA since 1993
Group-wide, not specific to Portimão.
Training programmes
4 programmes documented from the school's own pages.
Discovery Flight
Aircraft fleet
Cessna
152
2 seats · Primary training and time building
Cessna
172
4 seats · PPL, night and instrument training
Airfield & campus
Runway data from OurAirports — unconfirmed until checked against the national AIP.
Portimão Airport
Flight training
- ICAO
- LPPM
- Elevation
- 5 ft
- Runway
- 11/29
- Length × width
- 860 × 27 m
- Surface
- Asphalt
Time building (Cessna 152)
€140/h, down to €130/h in a 100 h block, excluding VAT
Time building (Cessna 172)
€165/h, down to €160/h in a 100 h block, excluding VAT
Time-building extras
Checkout flight with an instructor; pilot liability insurance not included (€115 for 3 months); a fuel surcharge may apply
Theory
Online, through the group's e-learning campus
Visa support
Documents and embassy-interview guidance for Schengen visas
Office hours
Monday to Friday, 9:00–17:00
Student accommodation on campus
Free for 2 weeks with the 50 h time-building package and 3 weeks with the 100 h package; a limited-time PPL offer also includes 2 weeks. Otherwise staff help find a room or flat near the base, often shared with other students. Costs are not published.
Aeródromo Municipal de Portimão, Estrada da Cruz, 8500-059 Alvor, Portugal
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PPL minimum age
The PPL page says 16; the accelerated course page says 17 at enrolment.
Group fleet size
The homepage says “40+ aircraft”; the FAQ says 31 aircraft. Neither says how many are at Portimão.
Number of bases
The homepage says 12 global bases but lists seven locations; the Portimão launch article says three in the USA and three in the EU.
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13 sources
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- 01Flying Academy Portugal — official websiteschool website
- 02Flying Academy Portugal — Coursesschool website
- 03Flying Academy Portugal — EASA PPL with remote theoryschool website
- 04Flying Academy Portugal — EASA Night Ratingschool website
- 05Flying Academy Portugal — EASA Accelerated Coursesschool website
- 06Flying Academy Portugal — Time building in Portimãoschool website
- 07Flying Academy Portugal — Fleetschool website
- 08Flying Academy Portugal — Companyschool website
- 09Flying Academy Portugal — FAQschool website
- 10Flying Academy Portugal — International studentsschool website
- 11Flying Academy Portugal — Contactschool website
- 12Flying Academy — Flying Academy expands to Portimãoschool website
- 13ANAC — Approved Training Organisations (Part-FCL), April 2026regulator · 2026-04
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