Capacity - Portugal
PRB monitoring
▪ Portugal registered 0.39 minutes of average en route ATFM delay per flight during 2024, which remained 0.39 after the post-ops adjustment process, thus not achieving the local target value of 0.13. Delays in Portugal decreased by 0.09 minutes per flight year-on-year.
▪ Most of the delays were generated in March and between October and December, mainly driven by the lack of ATC Capacity.
▪ The share of delayed flights with delays longer than 15 minutes in Portugal decreased by 2 percentage points compared to 2023 and was lower than 2019 values.
▪ The average number of IFR movements was 11% above 2019 levels in Portugal in 2024.
▪ The number of ATCOs in OPS is 160, being below the 2024 plan in Lisbon by 22 FTEs.
▪ The yearly total of sector opening hours in Lisbon ACC was 69,059, showing a 1.3% increase compared to 2023. Sector opening hours are in line with 2019 levels.
▪ Lisbon ACC registered 9.69 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2024, being 10.5% above 2019 levels.
▪ Despite investments into the new ATM system, a capacity gap in Portugal remains. Portugal should continue to expedite the training and recruitment of controllers and improve the allocation of ATCO resources to ensure that the capacity gap is closed. Actual 2025 figures up to August indicate a performance improvement.
▪ Portugal registered an average airport arrival ATFM delay of 2.70 minutes per flight in 2024, thus not achieving the local target of 2.00 minutes.
▪ Compared to 2023, average arrival ATFM delays in Portugal were 4% higher in 2024, while the number of IFR arrivals increased by 2%.
▪ The main drivers of delays were weather, accounting for 53% of delays, and other, non-ATC related causes, responsible for 36%.
En route performance
En route ATFM delay (KPI#1)
Terminal performance
Arrival ATFM delay (KPI#2)
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Avg arrival
ATFM delay (KPI#2)
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Slot adherence (PI#1)
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ATC pre departure
delay (PI#2)
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All causes pre departure
delay (PI#3)
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| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
| Cascais | NA | NA | 0.36 | 3.48 | 0.92 | 82.6% | 88.9% | 94.6% | 97.5% | 97.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Faro | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 95.8% | 94.3% | 95.3% | 96.1% | 96.6% | 0.09 | 0.58 | 0.57 | 0.50 | 0.44 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 19.6 | 19.4 | 16.5 |
| Horta | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 93.8% | 90.9% | 96.1% | 97.3% | 97.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lisbon | 1.72 | 0.28 | 3.96 | 4.88 | 4.20 | 96.5% | 98.8% | 98.7% | 98.8% | 98.1% | 2.14 | 1.22 | 3.22 | 5.66 | 4.59 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 25.2 | 26.4 | 23.4 |
| Madeira | NA | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 93.2% | 93.7% | 92.9% | 97.4% | 97.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Montijo | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.0% | 50.0% | 37.5% | 61.1% | 16.7% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Ponta Delgada | NA | NA | NA | 0.00 | NA | 98.2% | 97.6% | 97.1% | 95.0% | 92.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Porto | 0.77 | 2.14 | 1.89 | 0.88 | 3.02 | 93.4% | 93.5% | 94.1% | 95.6% | 96.2% | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.69 | 9.2 | 10.7 | 18.4 | 17.8 | 20.1 |
| Porto Santo | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 92.9% | 97.4% | 90.5% | 96.7% | 97.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Santa Maria | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 100.0% | 100.0% | 92.0% | 86.7% | 91.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |