History
The airport was opened in November 1995, during Portuguese rule. Before then the territory only had 2 temporary airports for small aeroplanes, in addition to several permanent heliports. Cathay Pacific operated seaplane service between Hong Kong and Macau in the late 1940s. The only air services Macau had in the 1990s were helicopter services operated by East Asia Airlines to Hong Kong.
Former air facilities in Macau:
- Portuguese Naval Aviation seaplane base on Taipa Island 1927-1933; 1937–1940
- Portuguese Naval Aviation seaplane base in the Outer Harbour - southeast side of the mainland 1940-1942
- Temporary airstrip on Coloane
- Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier, Macau heliport
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