- Alcochete Airport
Infobox Airport
name = Lisbon Alcochete Airport (future site)
nativename = Aeroporto de Alcochete
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city-served =Lisbon
location =Alcochete
elevation-f = 2113
elevation-m = 644
coordinates = coord|38.76676|-8.72626|type:airport_region:PT|display=inline,title
website = [http://www.naer.pt NAER]Alcochete Airport is the currently planned site for construction of a new
Lisbon Airport, scheduled to replace or complement the currentPortela Airport in the year2017 .As of February 2008, the location was subject to public consultation. After years of debating whether Alcochete or Ota would be the place to build the new Lisbon airport, Alcochete won as it was more accessible due to the good infrastructure nearby, for example the
Vasco da Gama Bridge .The location of Alcochete as the construction site of the future Lisbon Airport was confirmed by the Portuguese Government on
8 May ,2008 [ [http://www.portugal.gov.pt/Portal/PT/Governos/Governos_Constitucionais/GC17/Conselho_de_Ministros/Comunicados_e_Conferencias_de_Imprensa/20080508.htm Portal do Governo ] ]External links
* [http://www.naer.pt Official site of the new Lisbon airport]
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