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Beja Airport is a Portuguese airport that opened doors to civilian flights on April 15, 2011.LocationBeja Airport, located 9km northwest of Beja, is 150km away from Lisbon, from Faro and less than 60km from Spain. Beja (Portuguese pronunciation: ) is a city in the Beja Municipality in the Alentejo Region, Portugal. The municipality has a total area of 1147.1km2 and a total population of 34,970 inhabitants. The city proper has a population of 21,658.HistoryAn airbase was established on 21 October 1964, originally built to serve as a training facility for the West German Air Force, due to airspace limitations within West Germany. Until 1993 it was used particularly for weapons training, and in 1987 the Portuguese Air Force's 103 Squadron and its Lockheed T-33 and Northrop T-38 aircraft was relocated from Montijo. After their arrival, the base started to host a mixed array of fixed and rotary-wing trainers, as well as maritime patrol aircraft.Along with the airports in Lisbon, Porto, Faro, Funchal (Madeira), Porto Santo, Flores, Santa Maria, Ponta Delgada and Horta, the airport's concessions to provide support to civil aviation was conceded to ANA Aeroportos de Portugal on 18 December 1998, under provisions of decree 404/98. With this concession, ANA was also provided to the planning, development and construction of future infrastructures.In 2011 a new civilian terminal was built and Beja became a dual-use military-civilian airport, aiming to attract low cost carriers. The inaugural flight to Praia, Cape Verde, took place on 13 April 2011. There were also charter flights to the United Kingdom.

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