This archipelago of Macarronesia will offer our pilots the possibility of training in a warm subtropical oceanic climate, with mild temperatures.
The airport was opened in 1964 with only 1,600m of runway. However, Madeira's links with commercial aviation are older, since its bay was used, since 1952 by Aquila Airways seaplanes on their London-Lisbon-Funchal-Gran Canaria route.