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Porto da Cruz Destination Guide

Discover Porto da Cruz in Portugal

Porto da Cruz in the region of Madeira is a town located in Portugal - some 596 mi or ( 959 km ) South-West of Lisbon , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Porto da Cruz

Local time in Porto da Cruz is now 03:15 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Atlantic/Madeira " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Santa Cruz, Portela, Nossa Senhora do Monte, Junqueira, and Funchal. When in this area, you might want to check out Santa Cruz . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Porto da Cruz ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Landung am Flughafen Madeira.AVI

3:18 min by Werner Handlos
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Landung aus dem Cockpit eines Airbusses 319 am Flughafen von Funchal/Madeira ..

Madeira airberlin MISSED APPROACH

2:04 min by marcelkade
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Planespotting 16.06.11 There were strong headwinds and windshears on that day. Condor (which landed before airberlin) had problems with sudden headwinds above the runway and reported that. ..


Vuelo SBA Santa Bárbara Airlines. Despegue del aeropuerto de Madeira Funchal para Caracas Venezuela

3:50 min by Rui Aguiar
Views: 12687 Rating: 5.00

Descolagem do Voo Santa Bárbara Airlines do Aeroporto da Madeira, Funchal com destino Caracas. Tipo: Boeing 767 - 300 ER Capacidad: J18 - Y213 pasajeros Operamos a Madrid - Tenerife y Funchal Longitud ..

Funchal, Madeira, Boeing 767 SBA Airlines, 18.9.2010

5:18 min by planesvideo
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Interesting facts about this location

São Roque do Faial

São Roque do Faial is a parish in the district of Santana in the Madeira Islands. The population in 2001 is 927, its density is 58.3/km² and the area is 15.9 km². São Roque do Faial is the third smallest in population, the third largest in density and the second smallest in area in Santana. It is located east of Santana and south of Faial. The main industry is agriculture. It is connected with a road linking Santana and Machico. The parish of Machico lies to the east.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 32.77 -16.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Parishes of Santana (Madeira)

Santo António da Serra (Santa Cruz)

Santo António da Serra (Portuguese for "Saint Anthony" and "mountain range") is a parish in the district of Santa Cruz in the Madeira Islands. The population in 2001 is 982, its density is 66,5/km² and the area is 14.77 km²/1,477 ha. It is located W of Machico and ENE of Funchal. The main industry are agriculture. It's connected with a road to Machico, to Funchal and to Santana (Via Poiso). The mountains encircle Santo António da Serra.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 32.72 -16.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Parishes of Santa Cruz (Madeira)

SA de Transport Aérien Flight 730

SA de Transport Aérien Flight 730, tail number HB-ICK, was a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10R aircraft that crashed on approach to Funchal Airport, Madeira on December 18, 1977. The flight crew consisted of two captains. The pilot in command had never previously landed at Funchal and was being trained to operate from the notoriously difficult airport by the other, more experienced captain, who was acting as co-pilot.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 32.70 -16.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Accidents and incidents involving the Sud Aviation Caravelle, Airliner accidents and incidents caused by pilot error, Aviation accidents and incidents in 1977, Aviation accidents and incidents in Portugal, SA de Transport Aérien accidents and incidents

TAP Portugal Flight 425

TAP Air Portugal Flight 425, tail number CS-TBR, was a Boeing 727 aircraft named Sacadura Cabral en route from Brussels, Belgium, to Madeira Airport (informally known as Funchal Airport), Portugal, with an intermediate scheduled stop in Lisbon, Portugal, on November 19, 1977. It remains TAP Portugal's only fatal accident in its history.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 32.70 -16.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: 1977 in Portugal, Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 727, Airliner accidents and incidents caused by weather, Airliner accidents and incidents involving runway overruns, Aviation accidents and incidents in 1977, Aviation accidents and incidents in Portugal, TAP Portugal accidents and incidents

Camacha

For the settlement in the northeastern portion of Porto Santo Island, see Camacha (Porto Santo). Camacha is a parish in the district of Santa Cruz in the Madeira Islands. It is about 6.5 km northeast of Funchal, 12 km south of Porto da Cruz and 7.5 km southwest of Santo António da Serra. The population in 2001 was 7,991, its density 408.1/km² and the area is 19.58 km². The parish of Funchal is bordered to the west and Machico to the north. Camacha has a stream located less than 1 km NE.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 32.68 -16.84 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Parishes of Santa Cruz (Madeira)

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