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Porto Santo Airport is an airport located 2km north northwest of Porto Santo on Porto Santo Island, Madeira.HistoryThe island of Porto Santo was the first of the Madeira Islands to obtain an airport. In 1959, its runway was built with an initial length of 2000m.The first aircraft to land at this airport was a TAP Portugal Douglas DC-4, on 20 July 1960.The airport's infrastructure has improved over time, with increases to the runway length and in ramp surface. The last improvements to the airport structure were finalized on August 28, 1995, with the inauguration of a new passenger terminal and a new increase in runway length, which then reached 3000m. The runway was also re-paved.FacilitiesThe airport has a 3000x asphalt/concrete runway, with no ILS equipment as of 2011, but with VOR and NDB approaches available.