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The airport asks for check-in 90 minutes before a Schengen flight. First departures

Recommended

The cheapest way to the airport. Nothing listed is quicker.

Metro, red line

Vermelha · Metropolitano de Lisboa
20 min ride06:30–01:05
Saldanha stationAeroporto station
Non-stop
€1.92total for 1 adult€1.92 eachBuy ticketOn Metropolitano de Lisboa
Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Saldanha station, on the red line platforms

Tap a contactless bank card: EUR 1.92, valid across the network — the cheapest option if you arrive with nothing. A navegante occasional card (EUR 0.50) plus a single ticket (EUR 1.90) costs EUR 2.40 instead. Zapping is cheapest per journey at EUR 1.72, but needs the card and a EUR 3 minimum top-up.

Luggage. No stated limit. Note that Carris caps luggage on city buses at 55x40x20 cm; the metro does not.

Hours. The same hours as the rest of the network, every day including weekends and holidays: about every 6 to 10 minutes through the day, widening near opening and closing.

Price for every party size · Fare source

Fares are the same ticket ridden the other way; the boarding points, hours and, where a ride differs by direction, the ride time are read for this direction. Also runs to the airport, boarding point and hours in town not recorded yet: Metro and CP train to Cascais, Metro and CP train to Sintra, Pre-booked private transfer, Private transfer to Cascais, Private transfer to Sintra. Every way from Lisbon airport into Lisbon

How do I get from Lisbon city centre to Lisbon airport?

For one traveler the Metro is the way we recommend: €1.92 in total, 20 min, boarding at Saldanha station. The first one leaves at 06:30 and is at the airport by about 06:50; the last leaves at 01:05. The airport asks for check-in 90 minutes before a Schengen flight, 120 minutes for the rest of Europe and 180 for an intercontinental one, though most airlines also open online check-in 48 hours out. Flights to the United States and Switzerland ask for 24 hours.

First departures

Earliest at the airport first
Metro

First 06:30 from Saldanha station, at the airport by about 06:50.

Arrival times add the recorded ride time to the first departure; no walking or waiting is added.

Early flight?

The red line opens at 06:30 across the whole network, the same time towards the airport as away from it, and nothing public runs before then. A flight much before 08:00 means a taxi instead.

Before you leave for Lisbon Airport

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How early to be there

The airport asks for check-in 90 minutes before a Schengen flight, 120 minutes for the rest of Europe and 180 for an intercontinental one, though most airlines also open online check-in 48 hours out. Flights to the United States and Switzerland ask for 24 hours.

Early flights

The red line opens at 06:30 across the whole network, the same time towards the airport as away from it, and nothing public runs before then. A flight much before 08:00 means a taxi instead.

Tickets

The same choice as at the airport: tap a contactless bank card at any gate for EUR 1.92, or buy a navegante card and a ticket at the station machines. The fare and the machines are the same at every station, not just the airport's.

Questions

When is the first Metro from Saldanha station?

06:30. It reaches the airport at about 06:50.

How early should I be at Lisbon airport?

The airport asks for check-in 90 minutes before a Schengen flight, 120 minutes for the rest of Europe and 180 for an intercontinental one, though most airlines also open online check-in 48 hours out. Flights to the United States and Switzerland ask for 24 hours.

My flight is early. What runs before the first train?

The red line opens at 06:30 across the whole network, the same time towards the airport as away from it, and nothing public runs before then. A flight much before 08:00 means a taxi instead.

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