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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 km (1.2 mi) 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.[1] 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,[2] and since April 2015 as a base for Ryanair.[3]

For the airport in Kraków, see Kraków John Paul II International Airport.

Ponta Delgada-João Paulo II Airport

Aeroporto João Paulo II
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGovernment of Portugal
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[1]
ANA
Landing strip of the airport with the Atlantic at the background
Landing strip of the airport with the Atlantic at the background

History


Interior of main terminal
Interior of main terminal

The airport was inaugurated on 24 August 1969 by President Admiral Américo Tomás, after its construction was planned six years earlier, in 1963.[4] Transferred from Santana, at the time of its opening, the runway was 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) long and was then referred to as the Aeroporto da Nordela, owing to its location at the extreme northwest of Ponta Delgada.[4] It was built in order to serve inter-island connections and the continent, using a single Boeing 737 from the national flag carrier (TAP33).[4] Regular flights to Lisbon began two years later.[4]

In May 1995, at the inauguration of the airport terminal, the facility received the designation João Paulo II, in honour of the visit of the Pope to the Azores in 1991.

"This airport, is part of the integrated history and economic and social development of the Azores, in particular of the Micaelenses, and constitutes an relevant equipment at the service of air transport, not just of the passengers, but also the transport and mail. It is the infrastructure with the largest expression of air traffic in the autonomous region of the Azores, reaching in 2011 935,000 passengers."

Along with the airports in Lisbon, Porto, Faro, Flores, Santa Maria, Horta and Beja, the airport's concessions to provide support to civil aviation was conceded to ANA Aeroportos de Portugal on 18 December 1998, under provisions of decree 404/98.[5] With this concession, ANA was also in charge of future planning, development and construction of future infrastructures.[5]


Airlines and destinations


The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Ponta Delgada Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Azores Airlines Boston, Funchal, Gran Canaria, Lisbon, New York–JFK,[6] Porto, Praia, Toronto–Pearson
Seasonal: Barcelona,[7] Bilbao (begins 1 July 2023),[8] Bermuda,[9] Frankfurt, Montréal–Trudeau (resumes 13 June 2023),[10] Paris–Charles de Gaulle[11]
Binter Canarias Seasonal: Gran Canaria[12]
British Airways Seasonal: London–Heathrow[13]
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zurich[14]
Iberia Seasonal: Madrid[15]
Lufthansa Seasonal: Frankfurt
Ryanair Lisbon, Porto
Seasonal: London–Stansted, Manchester, Nuremberg
SATA Air Açores Flores, Graciosa, Horta, Pico, Santa Maria, São Jorge, Terceira
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Geneva
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon
Seasonal: Porto
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam,[16] Paris–Orly,[17] Porto[18]
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam
United Airlines Seasonal: Newark[19]

Statistics


Annual passenger traffic at PDL airport. See Wikidata query.
Busiest routes from João Paulo II Airport Airport (2019)[20]
Rank City, airport Passengers  %
change
 Top carriers
1 Lisbon 839,826 9.5% Azores Airlines, Ryanair, TAP Air Portugal
2 Porto 300,426 8.3% Azores Airlines, Ryanair
3 Terceira 185,246 1.4% SATA Air Açores
4 Boston 111,950 11.5% Azores Airlines, TAP Air Portugal
5 Santa Maria 82,431 5.1% SATA Air Açores
6 Horta 79,464 6.6% SATA Air Açores
7 Toronto-Pearson 75,763 0.5% Azores Airlines, TAP Air Portugal
8 Pico 72,454 7.1% SATA Air Açores
9 Funchal 46,221 15.4% Azores Airlines
10 Flores 40,540 11.6% SATA Air Açores

Incidents



See also



References


Notes
  1. AIP Part 3 - AD 2 Aerodromes Archived 15 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. SATA Press Kit (2009), p.8
  3. "Welcome to Ryanair!". Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  4. Fátima Cerqueira Dias (2010)
  5. ANA Aeroportos: Relatório de Gestão e Contas (2011) (PDF), Lisbon, Portugal: ANA Aeroportos de Portugal, SA, 2011, p. 1115, archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2014, retrieved 2 January 2014
  6. "New Routes". Azores Airlines.
  7. "Azores Airlines".
  8. "Azores Airlines Adds Bilbao Service in 3Q23".
  9. McWhirter, Fiona (9 January 2021). "Details on flights to and from the Azores". The Royal Gazette. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  10. "Azores Airlines Resumes Ponta Delgada – Montreal Route in NS23".
  11. "SATA reliera Ponta Delgada à Paris et Londres Air Journal". 9 December 2020.
  12. "Noticias".
  13. "British Airways Adds Portugal Routes and Runs 'The Perfect Flight'". 15 September 2021.
  14. "Edelweiss bald wieder mit mehr Langstrecken-Flügen?".
  15. "Iberia to increase its presence in Portugal during the summer". 29 April 2022.
  16. "Routes In Brief: November's Rolling Daily Updates". Routes Online. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  17. "Transavia : 61 avions et 8 nouvelles lignes pour l'été 2022".
  18. "Transavia anuncia nova rota entre Porto e Ponta Delgada".
  19. https://www.united.com/en-us/new-routes [bare URL]
  20. "Eurostat Data Explorer". Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  21. "Accident: Delta B752 at Ponta Delgada on Aug 18th 2019, hard touch down causes creases in fuselage".
Sources


Media related to Ponta Delgada-João Paulo II International Airport at Wikimedia Commons


На других языках

[de] Flughafen Ponta Delgada

Der Flughafen Ponta Delgada (portugiesisch Aeroporto João Paulo II, Namensgeber Papst Johannes Paul II.) liegt in der Nähe der Stadt Ponta Delgada auf der Hauptinsel São Miguel der zu Portugal gehörenden Azoren und wird durch ANA betrieben. Er ist der größte Flughafen der Azoren und erhielt 1995 ein neues Terminal. Die auf den Azoren beheimateten Fluggesellschaften SATA Air Açores und Azores Airlines haben ihren Hauptsitz hier und betreiben ab hier etliche Regionalrouten sowie Linien- und Charterflüge nach Nordamerika und Europa. Auch TUI Airlines Nederland bieten Flüge nach Ponta Delgada an. Nach Deutschland fliegt SATA International nach Frankfurt und München. Auch die irische Fluggesellschaft Ryanair verbindet Ponta Delgada und Frankfurt.
- [en] João Paulo II Airport

[es] Aeropuerto Juan Pablo II

El aeropuerto Juan Pablo II (en portugués: Aeroporto João Paulo II) (IATA: PDL, OACI: LPPD), está situado en la isla de San Miguel, cerca de la ciudad de Ponta Delgada, en el archipiélago de las Azores (Portugal). Su nombre actual es en honor al Papa Juan Pablo II, que visitó las Azores en los años 1990. La nueva terminal fue inaugurada en 1995.

[fr] Aéroport João Paulo II

L’aéroport João Paulo II (code IATA : PDL • code OACI : LPPD) est situé sur l'île de São Miguel aux Açores près de la ville de Ponta Delgada, la ville la plus peuplée de l'archipel des Açores. C'est le premier aéroport de l'archipel des Açores en termes de trafic. C'est aussi la quatrième plus grosse infrastructure gérée par ANA Aeroportos de Portugal. Un nouveau terminal a été construit en 1995 et en 2005 l'aéroport a vu transiter 873 500 passagers.

[it] Aeroporto di Ponta Delgada

L'Aeroporto di Ponta Delgada (IATA: PDL, ICAO: LPPD), noto anche con il nome commerciale di Aeroporto João Paulo II, è un aeroporto portoghese situato nell'isola di São Miguel, nella Regione Autonoma delle Azzorre.


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