Cristiano Ronaldo Madeira International Airport (FNC) — The Complete Master Guide 2026
FNC sits 18 km east of Funchal on Madeira’s southern coast, on a runway extended in 2000 by a 1,000-metre concrete platform built on 180 columns over the Atlantic — one of the more dramatic airport approaches in Europe. Renamed Cristiano Ronaldo Madeira International in 2017 after the Funchal-born footballer. The airport is a focus city for TAP Air Portugal; easyJet is the largest operator by frequency (~78 weekly departures),…