PDL
João Paulo II Airport
João Paulo II Airport (IATA: PDL, ICAO: LPPD) is a large airport in Ponta Delgada, Autonomous Region of Azores, Portugal. It opened in 1969. It has one runway, 2,497 m (8,192 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal. In 2025 it handled 2.8 million passengers.
Timeline
1 event · 1969–19691969
OpenedJoão Paulo II Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap12/30112° / 292° · LIT
LENGTH2,497 m8,192 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2014–2025983K
1.3M
1.5M
1.9M
1.9M
2.1M
702K
1.2M
2.1M
2.4M
2.7M
2.8M
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Routes
26 destinations · 12 countriesYear-round16
SMASanta Maria AirportPortugal · SATA Air Açores97 km60 miSJZSão Jorge AirportPortugal · SATA Air Açores240 km149 miPIXPico AirportPortugal · SATA Air Açores256 km159 miHORHorta AirportPortugal · SATA Air Açores278 km173 miFLWFlores AirportPortugal · SATA Air Açores509 km316 miFNCCristiano Ronaldo International AirportPortugal · Azores Airlines985 km612 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · Azores Airlines1,449 km900 miOPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · Azores Airlines1,509 km938 miFAOFaro - Gago Coutinho International AirportPortugal · Azores Airlines1,566 km973 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Azores Airlines2,405 km1,494 miRAINelson Mandela International AirportCape Verde · Azores Airlines2,545 km1,581 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Azores Airlines2,583 km1,605 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · Azores Airlines3,845 km2,389 miYULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Azores Airlines4,024 km2,500 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Azores Airlines4,105 km2,551 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Azores Airlines4,513 km2,804 miSeasonal11
LPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · Binter Canarias1,453 km903 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Iberia1,928 km1,198 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways2,493 km1,549 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Transavia2,857 km1,775 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings2,947 km1,831 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Edelweiss Air2,975 km1,849 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Azores Airlines, Lufthansa3,031 km1,883 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Smartwings3,432 km2,133 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Austrian Airlines3,578 km2,223 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Airlines4,136 km2,570 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · WestJet, Air Canada4,513 km2,804 miMost destinationsAzores Airlines 12SATA Air Açores 5Binter Canarias 1Iberia 1British Airways 1Transavia 1
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from PDL. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “John Paul II Ponta Delgada Airport” (revision of 1 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
2 channelsAPPAPP119.400
TWRTWR118.300