Sintra Air Base

Sintra Air Base Base Aérea de Sintra Base Aérea Nº 1
IATA: none ICAO: LPST
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	Portuguese Air Force
Location	Sintra
In use	1920
Commander	Colonel Rui José dos Santos Pedroso Pinheiro de Freitas
Elevation AMSL	440 ft / 134.11 m
Coordinates	38°49′51.79″N 009°20′22.39″W / 38.8310528°N 9.3395528°W / 38.8310528; -9.3395528Coordinates: 38°49′51.79″N 009°20′22.39″W / 38.8310528°N 9.3395528°W / 38.8310528; -9.3395528
Map
LPST Location in Portugal
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 5,906 1,800 Asphalt
Sources: World Aero Data

Sintra Air Base (Portuguese: Base Aérea de Sintra) (ICAO: LPST), officially designated as Air Base No. 1 (Portuguese: Base Aérea Nº 1, BA1), is a Portuguese Air Force base located in the Sintra Municipality, Portugal. The base is home to a flight training squadron and the Portuguese Air Force Academy.

The origins of the air base date back to the creation of the Portuguese Army's School of Military Aeronautics (Portuguese: Escola de Aeronáutica Militar, EAM) on May 14, 1914. The school was originally located at Vila Nova da Rainha and was later transferred to Granja do Marquês on February 5, 1920.

In October 1939 the school was disbanded and the base was designated as Air Base No. 1. Since its creation it has been home to the main training and instruction of the Portuguese Air Force's pilots and technicians, having been base to de Havilland Tiger Moth, North American T-6 Texan, Cessna T-37 Tweet, and other flight training aircraft.

Between 1939 and late 1940s squadrons of ground attack and bomber units equipped with the Breda Ba-65Bis (Esquadrilha Independente de Aviões de Assalto) and converted-Junkers Ju-52/3m (Grupo de Bombardeamento de Dia and Grupo de Bombardeamento de Noite) were based at Sintra Air Base.