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João Paulo II Airport

Ponta Delgada, PortugalIATA: PDLICAO: LPPD
Current airport: PDL

Arrivals

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The runways at this airport

What do the colors mean?

  • No traffic seen The runway is there, but we see nothing on it right now.
  • Arriving traffic Aircraft are descending toward this runway right now.
  • Departing traffic Aircraft are climbing out from this runway right now.
  • Direction unknown It says “in use now” without an arrow: we see traffic, but the aircraft does not report whether it is climbing or descending.

The white arrow on the runway points the way the traffic is going. Derived from the positions of aircraft flying low near the airport right now. Not an official runway plan; what we see.

Designation, direction and length of every runway. These rarely change; which one is in use right now shows up here whenever we observe traffic.

1 runway · Longest runway: 8,192 ft

  • 12/308,192 ft · heading 112/292 degrees

We currently see no traffic on approach or just after takeoff. That happens at a quiet airport or in the middle of the night.

Runway data: OurAirports, public domain.

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Direct destinations

The destinations we know the most flight numbers for. That approximates how heavily a route is served; it is not a passenger count.

LISPortugal

Lisbon

Distance
900 mi
Estimated duration
1h 56m
Airlines
Azores Airlines · Heliocean · +3Azores Airlines · Heliocean · Ryanair · Swiftair · TAP Air Portugal
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OPOPortugal

Porto

Distance
938 mi
Estimated duration
1h 57m
Airlines
Azores Airlines · Ryanair · +1Azores Airlines · Ryanair · TAP Air Portugal
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FNCPortugal

Funchal

Distance
612 mi
Estimated duration
1h 42m
Airlines
Azores Airlines
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BCNSpain

Barcelona

Distance
1,494 mi
Estimated duration
3h 6m
Airlines
Azores Airlines
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Airport facts

Practical information

Full name
João Paulo II Airport
City and country
Ponta Delgada, Portugal
IATA / ICAO
PDL / LPPD
Time zone
Atlantic/Azores
Category
Regional airport