Cristiano Ronaldo Madeira International Airport, also known as Madeira Airport, or Funchal Airport (Aeroporto do Funchal), is an international airport in the civil parish of Santa Cruz, in the Portuguese archipelago and autonomous region of Madeira. The airport is located 13.2 km (8.2 mi) east-northeast of the regional capital Funchal after which it is sometimes informally named. It mostly hosts flights to European metropolitan destinations due to the importance of Madeira as a leisure destination, and is pivotal in the movement of cargo in and out of the archipelago of Madeira. It is the fourth busiest airport in Portugal.
The runway is surrounded by high mountains and the ocean. Despite the beauty for passengers, it is a tricky runway even for most experienced pilots.