AviatDataSão Tomé International Airport TMS / FPST
São Tomé · ST · ENASA (Empresa Nacional de Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea) - state airport and air-safety authority, the entity of record for civil aviation infrastructure; a 49-year BOT concession (>EUR300 million pledged investment, phased capacity target of roughly 500,000-1.5 million pax/yr) was signed in June 2024 with Turkish firm FB Airport STP (the local concession vehicle of Turkish conglomerate FB Group, which also built the co-located Tesla-STP power plant and holds other West African airport concessions in Niger, Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau), but the incoming government placed the contract under formal revision from January 2025, with a parallel, related dispute over FB Group's EMAE power-supply contract further straining the relationship - by January 2026 the government was publicly threatening outright annulment of the concession (NewsAvia, 12 Jan 2026), a harder line than a simple 'under review' status; day-to-day operational control as of (Sept 2026) remains unsettled between ENASA and the concessionaire, so treat 'operator' as contested and deteriorating rather than settled
100kpax · 2024
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATAFPST / TMS
OperatorENASA (Empresa Nacional de Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea) - state airport and air-safety authority, the entity of record for civil aviation infrastructure; a 49-year BOT concession (>EUR300 million pledged investment, phased capacity target of roughly 500,000-1.5 million pax/yr) was signed in June 2024 with Turkish firm FB Airport STP (the local concession vehicle of Turkish conglomerate FB Group, which also built the co-located Tesla-STP power plant and holds other West African airport concessions in Niger, Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau), but the incoming government placed the contract under formal revision from January 2025, with a parallel, related dispute over FB Group's EMAE power-supply contract further straining the relationship - by January 2026 the government was publicly threatening outright annulment of the concession (NewsAvia, 12 Jan 2026), a harder line than a simple 'under review' status; day-to-day operational control as of (Sept 2026) remains unsettled between ENASA and the concessionaire, so treat 'operator' as contested and deteriorating rather than settled
Coordinates0.3782°N, 6.7122°E
Elevation33 ft · 10 m
Time zoneGMT (UTC+0, no DST)
Passengers / yr100,000 (2024)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceFPST - AIP São Tomé and Príncipe (national AIS/ENASA; São Tomé and Príncipe is not an ASECNA member state, unlike most of its Francophone neighbors)
Operating hoursNo confirmed H24 designation; single-runway field with tower hours keyed to scheduled international arrivals (historically cited as roughly 0600-2200 local, not independently re-verified against a live 2026 AIP); runway edge lighting was only added within the last decade or so (absent as recently as 2013), so night or irregular operations should be PPR-confirmed with ENASA before planning
TerminalsSingle small international terminal building - basic check-in desks, one departure lounge, baggage handling, a few gift/duty-free-style shops; long-flagged as outdated (aging sanitary facilities, worn tarmac/apron) and the intended subject of the FB Group modernization program, which remains largely unbuilt and uncertain pending the contract dispute noted under operator
Runways (1)
- 11/29 · 2,220 m / 7,283 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt
Airport contact
Rule B national gateway for São Tomé and Príncipe (population roughly 225,000, 2023 estimate ~220,372 with growth), which caps realistic volumes; the ~100,000 pax figure is an ESTIMATE for 2024 - ENASA does not publish official annual traffic statistics, so treat this as directional only. Scheduled service as of the 2025-2026 season: TAP Air Portugal (Lisbon, Accra), ASKY Airlines (Libreville, Lome), Afrijet (Libreville, Principe), TAAG Angola Airlines (Luanda), and flag carrier STP Airways (Lisbon, Principe) - confirmed via cross-check that STP Airways, like all São Tomé and Príncipe carriers, sits on the EU air-safety ban list, so its Lisbon flights are wet-leased and physically operated by Portugal's EuroAtlantic Airways (Boeing 737-800). The single 2,220m runway has no ILS (NDB and VOR non-precision approaches to RWY29 only) and caps the field to narrowbody and smaller regional jets. The June 2024 FB Airport STP / FB Group (Turkey) 49-year concession has been under formal government revision since January 2025 amid a separate, related dispute over FB Group's EMAE power-plant contract, and by January 2026 had escalated to a public government threat to annul it outright - planners should treat both the modernization timeline and the identity of the operating authority as unsettled and trending toward rupture, not merely under quiet review.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 2 providers
ENASA – Empresa Nacional de Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea
ENASA's own services page (enasa.st/servicos) lists "Assistência às companhias aéreas" (airline assistance — operational support, logistics and airport-service management) as one of its five statutory functions alongside terminal/runway management, security, air navigation and coordination with immigration/customs; no separate dedicated ground-handling concessionaire is documented for the airport's scheduled traffic (TAP Air Portugal, TAAG Angola, ASKY, Afrijet, STP Airways/Africa's Connection STP), consistent with self-provision by the state operator; exact scope/hours unconfirmed.
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OMNI Handling
Portugal-based handling network's own network page (omnihandling.com/network) lists "Sao Tome (FPST)" by name and ICAO code among its 5 Africa stations, confirming a genuine station-level presence at this airport rather than a group-level claim transferred from elsewhere; network-wide services include ramp handling, crew briefing, servicing and customs/immigration clearance. Station-specific contact (•••) is distinct from the group's generic contact but its exact local scope/hours were not independently confirmed beyond the station listing.
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Aircraft fuel
Unconfirmed
ENCO, SARL – Empresa Nacional de Combustíveis e Óleos
National fuel distributor for Sao Tome and Principe (majority-owned by Angola's Sonangol; official Galp products distributor); enco.st confirms JET-A1 among distributed products ("Gasolina, gasóleo e JET-A1 distribuídos com eficiência e segurança") alongside gasoline, diesel and Galp lubricants/additives; contact (•••, •••) verified directly on the company site. Into-plane fuelling arrangement specifically at the airport ramp is not independently confirmed — no separate into-plane agent is named.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Unconfirmed
ENASA – Empresa Nacional de Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea
Airport operator oversees the airport's cargo terminal; the government reportedly broke ground on a new cargo terminal at the airport (Feb 2026) with African Development Bank financing to address handling/storage shortfalls, per NewsAvia and AfDB reporting — this specific claim could not be independently re-verified against a primary AfDB source; no separate cargo-terminal operator company is named beyond ENASA.
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Aviation security
Available
ENASA – Empresa Nacional de Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea
Confirmed directly on enasa.st/servicos: ENASA lists "Segurança aeroportuária" as a core function — passenger and baggage screening, facility monitoring and application of international security norms — consistent with the company's full name, Empresa Nacional de Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea ("National Airport and Air Security Company"), applying to all airports it administers including Sao Tome International.
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Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
Unconfirmed
OMNI Handling
Network-wide services listed include VIP lounges, private transfers, hotel booking and charter arrangement; whether the small Sao Tome station itself offers the full network menu (e.g. a VIP lounge) versus core ramp/handling only was not independently confirmed.
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Hotel & travel
Unconfirmed · 2 providers
Pestana São Tomé
5-star hotel confirmed on pestana.com at Av. Marginal 12 de Julho, Sao Tome city, on Ana Chaves Bay, roughly 1 mile from the city centre and a short drive from Sao Tome International Airport; named as a crew-hotel option by an aviation flight-support source (flytag.co). Contact (•••, •••) verified directly on the hotel's own site, but no aviation/crew rate contract is confirmed there.
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Omali Lodge (Príncipe Collection)
Confirmed via principecollection.com: Omali is one of five Príncipe Collection properties and is located on São Tomé Island itself (not Príncipe), described on the operator's own site as "just minutes from the airport" with shared airport transfers for guests — consistent with the Lagarto Beach location cited by aviation flight-support source flytag.co. No dedicated aviation/crew contract is independently confirmed on the hotel's own site.
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