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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 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.[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]
Ponta Delgada João Paulo II Airport Aeroporto João Paulo II | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Vinci Group | ||||||||||
Operator | ANA Aeroportos de Portugal | ||||||||||
Serves | Ponta Delgada | ||||||||||
Location | Relva | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 79 m / 259 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°44′31″N 025°41′52″W | ||||||||||
Website | ana.pt | ||||||||||
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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.
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]
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Ponta Delgada Airport:
Airlines | Destinations |
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Azores Airlines | Boston,[6] Faro,[7] Funchal, Gran Canaria, Lisbon, Milan–Malpensa,[7] Montréal–Trudeau,[7] New York–JFK,[8] Paris–Charles de Gaulle,[9] Porto, Praia, Toronto–Pearson[6] Seasonal: Barcelona,[10] Bermuda,[11] Bilbao,[12] Frankfurt, London–Gatwick[13] |
Binter Canarias | Seasonal: Gran Canaria[14] |
British Airways | Seasonal: London–Heathrow[15] |
Edelweiss Air | Seasonal: Zurich[16] |
Iberia | Seasonal: Madrid[17] |
Lufthansa | Seasonal: Frankfurt |
Ryanair | Lisbon, Porto Seasonal: Charleroi,[18][19] London–Stansted |
SATA Air Açores | Corvo, Flores, Graciosa, Horta, Pico, Santa Maria, São Jorge, Terceira |
Smartwings | Seasonal: Prague[20] |
TAP Air Portugal | Lisbon Seasonal: Porto |
Transavia | Seasonal: Amsterdam,[21] Paris–Orly,[22] Porto[23] |
TUI fly Belgium | Seasonal: Brussels |
TUI fly Netherlands | Seasonal: Amsterdam |
United Airlines | Seasonal: Newark[24] |
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Rank | City, airport | Passengers | % change |
Top carriers |
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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 |
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