Transport in Madeira introduced by Robert Reid Kalley in the 19th century. The islands have two airports, one in Santa Cruz (known as Funchal Airport (FNC)) on the Island of Madeira and the other in the city of Vila Baleira on Porto Santo Island. Flights to the islands are mostly made from Lisbon and Porto, but there are also direct flights from other major European cities and other countries, like Brazil, Venezuela and South Africa. The first seaplane to land in Madeira was Felixstowe F.3, captained Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho by on 22 March 1921, Madeira then had regular Seaplane services from 1949
Madeira Islands Open the rescheduling caused by severe weather postponed the event four months. It was hosted at Clube de Golf do Santo da Serra (1993–2008, 2012–15) and at Porto Santo Golfe (2009–11). For its last five years of existence, it was one of two European Tour events annually staged in Portugal, the other being the Portugal Masters. <nowiki>*</nowiki>"Tournament rescheduled from March to August due to weather." ^"Tournament shortened to 36 holes due to weather." "Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to weather." Madeira Islands Open The Madeira Islands Open was a men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour played from 1993