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João Paulo II airport in Ponta Delgada (Portugal)
João Paulo II airport is located near Ponta Delgada, with Ramalho at 1mi↑, Ponta Delgada at 1mi↑, Arrifes at 2mi↑, Ponta Delgada (São Pedro) at 2mi↑, Rosto de Cao at 3mi↑, Faja de Baixo at 3mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Portugal and Southernmost airports in Portugal
→ See also airports in Portugal
aerial view of João Paulo II airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : LPPD
- IATA code : PDL
- Local code : -
Elevation : 79 m = 259ft
→ See also Highest airports in Portugal and Lowest airports in Portugal
Runways
- runway 12/30 : 2497m = 8192ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Portugal
Coming to João Paulo II airport
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
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Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By plane :
- João Paulo II airport at 0mi : book on Transavia Iberia Vueling
- Santa Maria airport at 61mi : book on Trip.com
- Lajes airport at 103mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for João Paulo II airport LPPD PDL
METAR for João Paulo II airport LPPD PDL
LPPD 170900Z 23014KT 9999 FEW008 SCT010 BKN030 18/16 Q1023
Decoded METAR for João Paulo II airport LPPD PDL
METAR issued by LPPD on Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at 09:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 1 hours and 22 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 18°C = 64°F, dew point is 16°C = 61°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 88 %.
QNH is 1023hPa = 30.21inHg
Wind 26km/h = 14kt, direction is 230°.
Clouds : few clouds at 800ft = 240m. scattered clouds at 1000ft = 300m. broken at 3000ft = 910m.
TAF for João Paulo II airport LPPD PDL
LPPD 170500Z 1706/1806 24015KT 9999 SCT012 BKN025 TEMPO 1708/1724 23018G30KT 2000 RADZ BR SCT002 BKN004 BECMG 1800/1802 32013KT SCT018 TEMPO 1802/1806 32015G25KT 8000 SHRA BKN012 FEW018CB
Decoded TAF for João Paulo II airport LPPD PDL
TAF issued by LPPD on Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at 05:00 UTC, issued 5 hours and 22 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Wednesday, December 17, 2025 à 06:00 heure TU to Wednesday, December 17, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
1706/1806 24015KT 9999 SCT012 BKN025
wind 15kt = 28km/h, direction is 240°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
scattered clouds at 1200ft = 370m broken at 2500ft = 760m
temporarily from Wednesday, December 17, 2025 à 08:00 heure TU to Wednesday, December 17, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1708/1724 23018G30KT 2000 RADZ BR SCT002 BKN004
wind 18kt = 33km/h with gusts at 30kt = 56km/h, direction is 230°
Visibility is 2km = 1mi.
rain drizzle
mist
scattered clouds at 200ft = 60m broken at 400ft = 120m
becoming from Wednesday, December 17, 2025 à 02:00 heure TU to Thursday, December 18, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1800/1802 32013KT SCT018
wind 13kt = 24km/h, direction is 320°
scattered clouds at 1800ft = 550m
temporarily from Wednesday, December 17, 2025 à 02:00 heure TU to Thursday, December 18, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1802/1806 32015G25KT 8000 SHRA BKN012 FEW018CB
wind 15kt = 28km/h with gusts at 25kt = 46km/h, direction is 320°
Visibility is 8km = 5mi.
shower rain
broken at 1200ft = 370m few clouds at 1800ft = 550m
VAC for João Paulo II airport LPPD PDL
The Visual Approach Chart (VAC Visual Approach Chart) is provided without any guarantee of its timeliness. The pilot is the only person responsible for the verification of its validity before using it operationally to prepare a flight or to use it during its navigation.
NOTAM for João Paulo II airport
Around João Paulo II airport in Ponta Delgada (Portugal)
near
- Hotels in Ramalho
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 1251mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 1297mi↑
- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 1297mi↑
- Eureka! Zientzia Museoa (San Sebastiàn) at 1298mi↑
- Aquarium de Donostia-San Sebastián (San Sebastian) at 1298mi↑
- Hotel de Londres y de Inglaterra (San Sebastian) at 1298mi↑
- San Sebastian at 1299mi↑
- Saint-Jean-de-Luz at 1315mi↑
- Hôtel Txoko (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 1315mi↑
- Grand Hôtel Thalasso & Spa (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 1315mi↑
- Hotel Arena (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 1317mi↑
- Hôtel St-Julien (Biarritz) at 1321mi↑
- for João Paulo II airport at 0mi↑
- for Hospital do Divino Espirito Santo airport at 1mi↑
- for Santa Maria airport at 61mi↑
nearest airports to João Paulo II airport in Ponta Delgada (Portugal)
- Hospital do Divino Espirito Santo heliport ( PT-0011) at 1mi↑
- Santa Maria airport (LPAZ SMA ) at 61mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Lajes airport (LPLA TER ) at 103mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- São Jorge airport (LPSJ SJZ ) at 149mi↑NOTAM
- Graciosa airport (LPGR GRW ) at 157mi↑NOTAM
- Pico airport (LPPI PIX ) at 159mi↑NOTAM
- Horta airport (LPHR HOR ) at 173mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Flores airport (LPFL FLW ) at 316mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Corvo airport (LPCR CVU ) at 321mi↑NOTAM
- Porto Moniz heliport (LPMZ ) at 587mi↑NOTAM
- Dr. Nélio Mendonça Hospital heliport (LPCC ) at 607mi↑NOTAM
- Madeira airport (LPMA FNC ) at 612mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Porto Santo airport (LPPS PXO ) at 617mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Los Llanos heliport ( ES-0307) at 772mi↑
- La Palma airport (GCLA SPC ) at 779mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Hierro airport (GCHI VDE ) at 822mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in Portugal
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap
