Lisbon Portela Airport LIS is the busiest and most important airport of Portugal, with 79 percent of airtraffic to Europe,  and the remainder to parts of North America, Africa & South America.

The Airport is located 7 km north of Castle of Sao Jorge in Portugal's capital city Lisbon (the ‘City of Seven Hills’), and is accessible from the City's  '2a Circular / Segunda Circular' and close to motorway E01. 
Directions to Portela Airport: Getting to the Airport from the '2a Circular / Segunda Circ ular', which is Lisbon's ring road: (a) from the North, take motorway A1 to 2a Circular; (b) from the Torres Vedras area take A8 to CRIL (IC-17) to 2a Circular; (c) from the South (crossing the Tagus River) take the Vasco da Gama Bridge to 2a Circular; or take the 25 de Abril Bridge to the Eixo Norte/Sul to 2a Circular; (d) from Cascais/Estoril take the A5 to the CRIL (IC-17) t 2a Circular; or (e) take IC-19 to 2a Circular (entering from south), or the IC-19 to the IC-17 to 2a Circular (entering from the north.

With two runways and an estimated 14 million passengers a year, the Airport is a hub for SATA International, TAP Portugal & EasyJet, and is also served by domestic & international airlines offering direct and connecting flights to all points of the globe, as well as by seasonal charters.

NOTE: Check-in times prior to scheduled flight departures: (a) for flights inside the Schengen Zone 90 minutes; for non-Schengen flights (inside Europe) 2 hours; for all other countries (international) 3 hours.

Lisbon Portela Airport has two passenger terminals – T1 & T2: (For detailed terminal information, click on 'Terminal Map'.)

Parking options at Lisbon Airport:  (For detailed parking information, click on 'Airport Parking'.)

Rental car counters for Budget, Europcar, National/Alamo, Auto Jardim, Hertz, Sixt & Avis are located in the atrium of the Arrivals Hall of Terminal 1.

To get from Lisbon Portela Airport to your destination, you can rent a car, take a taxi, or the Aeroshuttle bus connecting to the Metro Station Gare do Oriente:
1. the Aerobus 91 (operated by Carris) runs between the Airport and the city center every 20 mins, 7:45am-8:15pm. Tickets available onboard at 3.50 EU. 

The Aeroshuttle 96 (tel. 351 213 582 334)  makes daily runs every half hr, 7am-11pm, between: Gare Oriente, Airport, Entrecampos, Sete Rios & Praca de Espanha. Tickets available onboard at 3.50 EU.
2. Other Carris buses stopping at the Airport have the following end destinations: Bus 5 to Areeiro; 22 to Marques de Pombal; 44 & 45 to Cais do Sodre; & 83 to Amoreiras. Tickets availalbe onboard at 1.35 EU.
3. Rede Nacional de Expressos operates throughout the country (tel. +351 707 223 344).
4. The Lisbon Metro's Gare de Oriente station is 15 mins from the Airport. The fare is 0.75 EU.