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Santa Cruz. The picture is the runway, not your gate, your bag, or the delay.
ANA’s page, read on 7 October 2026, says the Aerobus leaves the Arrivals area for Praia Formosa, with stops near hotels. The ride is about 50 minutes. From Praia Formosa there is a connection to the center of Funchal of about 20 minutes. The page gives drtmt@madeira.gov.pt and +351 291 145 180.
The SIGA Aerobus sheet has been in force since 1 April 2026. The file is horário-aerobus2026. SIGA also lists it as line 500, Funchal to the airport and the airport to Funchal. The sheet says the airport to Praia Formosa is 50 minutes, and Praia Formosa to city-center stop 6, Avenida do Mar, is 15/30 minutes. ANA’s “about 20 minutes” and the sheet’s 15/30 minutes are both printed.
Horários do Funchal’s fare sheet DC/HF 01.04.2026, under Portaria n.º 128/2026 of 23 March, prices a pre-bought Aerobus ticket at €5.55, and €2.75 for a child from 6 to 12 inclusive. The GIRO ticket card is €0.50. The on-board Aerobus cell on that sheet is a dash, so no on-board price is copied here. The note says the ticket is valid only on the Aerobus, operated by CAM.
Weekdays from the airport, stop 01: 08:30, 09:00, 09:30, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:30, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00, 18:00, 19:00, 20:00, 21:00, 22:00. Saturdays: 08:30, 09:00, 09:30, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:30, 12:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00, 18:00, 19:00, 20:00, 21:00, 22:00. Sundays and holidays: 08:30, 09:00, 09:30, 10:30, 11:30, 12:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00, 18:00, 19:00, 20:00, 21:00, 22:00. There is no Aerobus on 25 December. The sheet says the company may change the trips without notice.
Stops named on the airport-to-Praia Formosa side include Campo da Barca, Plaza Madeira, Terminal SAM, Avenida do Infante, Estrada Monumental, Lido, Rua Passos Gouveia, Fórum Madeira, Centromar and Praia Formosa. Stop 05 is marked disabled. The diagram’s other minute marks are not copied here. The two durations above are the ones the sheet states in words.
ANA says that, except on 25 December, buses run every day to various places on the island. That paragraph does not name the lines. It points to the SIGA timetable list, the same email, and +351 291 145 180.
The other airport timetable read on SIGA the same day is CAM line 994, Centro to Calheta. The PDF is 994_032026, dated 6 August 2026. In every Aeroporto column the departures are 08:05 and 19:45, both with note b. Note b says via centro. Note a, on some Calheta departures, says the trip ends at the airport. The sheet splits weekdays into a school period and school holidays and does not print the dates, so the Centro and Calheta clocks are not copied here. It prints no fare. The contact on the sheet is info@cam.pt and +351 291 201 151.
Terminal SAM is a stop name on the Aerobus sheet. A separate current SAM airport timetable was not the file on the SIGA list that day. The operator named on the fare sheet and on line 994 is CAM, Companhia de Autocarros da Madeira.
The AIP places the aerodrome reference point 13.2 km from Funchal Cathedral, bearing 067° geographic, at 58 m. It does not give a driving time.
ANA says there is a taxi rank in Arrivals, floor 0. Whatever the destination, a weekday trip that starts at the airport starts at €4.00. From 21:00 to 06:00, and all day Saturday, Sunday and holidays, that start is 20% more. Luggage or an animal is €1.50 more. The phone is +351 291 765 760. The page links AITRAM. It does not print a fixed price to Funchal or to any other town, so none is copied here.
ANA’s rent-a-car page puts these desks at Before security, floor 0, Arrivals. Avis-Budget, 08:00-24:00, +351 291 524 392. Europcar, 08:00-22:00, +351 291 524 633. Goldcar, 08:00-22:00, +351 222 076 408. Guerin, 09:00-18:00, +351 291 522 248. Hertz, 08:00-21:00, +351 219 426 300. Madeira Rent, 07:00-00:00, +351 291 523 355. Rodavante, 08:00-20:00, +351 291 524 718. Sixt is at that same arrivals desk. The page also prints floor 0, 08:00-22:00, and P1, 08:00-22:00, and says a booking after 22:00 still has the contract opened. The phone is +351 255 788 199. The “from” price on that page is a booking box. It is not copied here.
ANA’s parking page says there are low-cost and premium parks, covered and uncovered, and that every park has a walking way to the passenger terminal. It says the ANA parks are the only ones inside the airport. The tariff is a download on that page. No parking price is copied here. Madeira parking bookings on the ANA pages use madeirapark@ana.pt.
The Portuguese AIP for LPMA, AIRAC 007-26, effective 1 October 2026, publishes the landing wind limits. They are two-minute means. They change with the direction, and in one sector with the runway. Touchdown anemometer: 300° to 010°, 15 kt, gust 25 kt; 020° to 040°, 20 kt, gust 30 kt; 120° to 190° on runway 05, 20 kt, gust 30 kt; on runway 23, 15 kt, and the 25 kt gust limit is the MID anemometer. MID or Rosário, the mean including the gust, 200° to 230°: 25 kt. The AIP says these do not replace a tighter limit in an airline’s own manual.
If the wind is over those limits when the aircraft reaches the points named in LPMA AD 2.21, paragraph 4, the tower does not give a landing clearance and gives a go-around. That paragraph does not name a holding time. It does not name Porto Santo, Lisbon, or the Canaries. Those places are not copied here.
The pictures are the runway and the approach. They are not the anemometer, the gate, the bag, or the delay. A clear picture is not a landing clearance. If an aircraft goes around, that is what you can see. The reason is not on the picture. The flight is the ANA arrivals page, and the airline.
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If the next flight is a separate ticket, the gap is not printed here. Count it on the self-transfer planner.
The runway over the sea. Not your gate, your bag, or the delay.
| RWY | Crosswind | Headwind |
|---|---|---|
| Recommended | 8.7 kt | 6.8 kt |
| Crosswind | 8.7 kt | 6.8 kt |
Wind later today
This note is not the airline. If the picture shows white water, expect a bump.
White water means a bumpy landing. The airline knows if you are late.
Christiano Ronaldo Madeira Airport (FNC) sits on the east coast at Santa Cruz. The runway points out over the Atlantic on pillars. That is a famous view -and it is also why wind matters here.
Atlantic weather often brings a stiff breeze from the north-east. On the final approach, pilots can face a strong crosswind along the runway or gusts off the sea. Each airline works to its own operating limits, and ANA Aeroportos de Portugal runs the airport. If conditions are outside what the crew or the airline accepts, the flight may hold, go around, divert to another airport, or be cancelled for the day. Diversions from FNC are often to Porto Santo (PXO), Lisbon (LIS), or airports in the Canary Islands such as Gran Canaria (LPA) or Tenerife (TFS) -the airline chooses the alternate. None of that is visible as a gate number on a webcam.
Official flight information (ANA / aeroportomadeira.pt): Flight statusLive arrivalsLive departures
The picture is the runway at Santa Cruz, built out over the sea. It is not your gate, your bag, or the delay. White water means a bumpy landing.
A public view outside the fence. You see the approach over the water, not the gate.
On the road above the runway. The terrace looks toward the tarmac. It does not tell you if your flight is late.
A different walk, under the runway on the shore. It is not the picture on this page.
The picture is the runway and the approach at Santa Cruz. It is not your gate, your bag, or the delay. When the wind comes over the hills, the landing bumps even if Funchal is calm. White water in the picture is the clue. The airline, not this page, decides if the flight turns around.
From about November to March the wind off the hills is more often strong enough to bump the landing. Summer is usually calmer. A jacket is worth having on the headland even when Funchal is warm.
Regular commercial carriers operating into Madeira Airport, with observed aircraft types, primary route connections, and approach operational notes:
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| Carrier | Key Routes to Madeira | Aircraft Fleet | Operational Profile & Approach Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
TP TAP Air PortugalTP / TAP • Portugal | Lisbon (LIS)Porto (OPO) | A320neo, A321neo, A321LR, A320-200 | Ask the airline if the flight is late. |
U2 easyJetU2 / EJU • United Kingdom / EU | London Gatwick (LGW) |
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| A320neo, A321neo, A320-200 |
| Ask the airline if the flight is late. |
FR RyanairFR / RYR • Ireland | Lisbon (LIS)Porto (OPO)London Stansted (STN)Dublin (DUB)Milan (BGY) | Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737 MAX 8-200 | Ask the airline if the flight is late. |
HV TransaviaHV / TVF • Netherlands / France | Amsterdam (AMS)Paris Orly (ORY)Lyon (LYS) | Boeing 737-800, Airbus A321neo | Ask the airline if the flight is late. |
LS Jet2.comLS / EXS • United Kingdom | Manchester (MAN)Birmingham (BHX)Leeds Bradford (LBA)London Stansted (STN) | Boeing 737-800, Airbus A321neo | Ask the airline if the flight is late. |
BY TUI Airways / TUI flyBY / TOM • UK / Germany / Benelux | London Gatwick (LGW)Manchester (MAN)Frankfurt (FRA)Hannover (HAJ) | Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737 MAX 8 | Ask the airline if the flight is late. |
LH Lufthansa / Discover AirlinesLH / 4Y • Germany | Frankfurt (FRA)Munich (MUC) | Airbus A320neo, Airbus A321neo | Ask the airline if the flight is late. |
NT Binter CanariasNT / IBB • Spain (Canary Islands) | Gran Canaria (GCLP)Tenerife North (GCXO)Porto Santo (LPPS) | ATR 72-600, Embraer E195-E2 | Ask the airline if the flight is late. |
BA British AirwaysBA / BAW • United Kingdom | London Heathrow (LHR)London Gatwick (LGW) | Airbus A320neo, Airbus A320-200 | Ask the airline if the flight is late. |
W6 Wizz AirW6 / WZZ • Hungary / EU | Warsaw (WAW)Budapest (BUD)Katowice (KTW)Rome (FCO) | Airbus A321neo, Airbus A320neo | Ask the airline if the flight is late. |
DE CondorDE / CFG • Germany | Frankfurt (FRA)Düsseldorf (DUS)Hamburg (HAM)Leipzig (LEJ) | Airbus A320-200, Airbus A321neo | Ask the airline if the flight is late. |
WK Edelweiss AirWK / EDW • Switzerland | Zurich (ZRH) | Airbus A320-200 | Ask the airline if the flight is late. |
Who is on the list does not tell you if your flight is late.