João Paulo II Airport

Ponta Delgada–João Paulo II Airport (IATA: PDL, ICAO: LPPD), named after Pope John Paul II, is an international airport located on the island of São Miguel, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Situated 2 kilometres (1.2 miles; 1.1 nautical miles) west of the city centre of Ponta Delgada, it is the primary (and busiest) airport in the Azores, as well as the fifth largest infrastructure managed by ANA Aeroportos de Portugal. The terminal was finished in 1995; by 2005 the airport served a total of 873,500 passengers. It has scheduled domestic flights to all islands of the Azores, plus Madeira and the mainland, namely (Lisbon, Porto and Faro). João Paulo II Airport also accommodates international flights to and from Europe and North America. The airport is the major hub for the SATA Group of airlines, which includes both inter-island SATA Air Açores and international Azores Airlines, and since April 2015 as a base for Ryanair.

Ponta Delgada–João Paulo II Airport

Aeroporto João Paulo II
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerVinci Group
OperatorANA Aeroportos de Portugal
ServesPonta Delgada
LocationRelva
Elevation AMSL79 m / 259 ft
Coordinates37°44′31″N 025°41′52″W
Websiteana.pt
Map
LPPD
Location of Ponta Delgada-Joao Paulo II in the archipelago of the Azores
LPPD
LPPD (North Atlantic)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 2,497 8,192 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers1,904,310
Passengers change 17-183.0%
Aircraft Movements22,685
Movements change 17-180.6%
Sources: ANAC, Portuguese AIP
ANA
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