The Madeira airport is also known as the Funchal or Santa Catarina Airport. Located approximately 22 kilometres from the city of Funchal, Madeira, it caters both domestic as well as international travellers to the Island of Madeira. Opened in the year 1964, the airport was earlier famous for its very short runway. This same runway, which was once surrounded by Mountains and ocean, had to be extended after a plane air crash in the year 1977.

The extension of the runway was subsequently awarded an “Outstanding Structures Award” because of the unique technological process that was used to extend the length of the runway. Situated approximately 1000 kilometers from the capital of Portugal, the Island of Madeira is connected to the different parts of the world through most of the airlines offering flight services.

The island of Madeira has a lot to offer for visitors, one can choose from historical monuments to amazing gardens, impressive volcano caves etc. The best way for an onward journey is to avail the car hire services at the airport. There are a lot of cheap car hire service options available at the airport for the travellers. These car hire services are very reliable and offer to the guest’s top of the line services and cars in excellent condition. Most leading car hire service provider companies have their customer contact offices at the airport terminal to facilitate the guests in having a trouble free onward journey to their respective destinations.