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PDL · LPPD Autonomous Region of Azores, Portugal Live · — aircraft now within 80 km

Live flights over João Paulo II Airport (PDL)

From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 114 departures and 165 arrivals at João Paulo II Airport, 40 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Lisbon (LIS), Praia da Vitória (TER) and Porto (OPO). The airline seen most often is SATA Air Açores.

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Airport data

IATA code
PDL
ICAO code
LPPD
City
Ponta Delgada
Region
Autonomous Region of Azores
Country
Portugal
Elevation
79 m (259 ft)
Coordinates
37.7412, -25.6979

What you can track here

Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of João Paulo II Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Ponta Delgada.

Seen by the network

1–7 November 2026

Movements a day
40
departures + arrivals
Departures
114
total, 7 days
Arrivals
165
total, 7 days
Connections
18
airports, airline flights

Movements per day

0
20
40
60
Sun 1
Mon 2
Tue 3
Wed 4
Thu 5
Fri 6
Sat 7
Show as a table
Day Departures Arrivals Total
Sun 1 21 23 44
Mon 2 21 24 45
Tue 3 15 25 40
Wed 4 18 23 41
Thu 5 11 22 33
Fri 6 16 26 42
Sat 7 12 22 34

Connections

airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen

  1. Lisbon LIS 75 flights
  2. Praia da Vitória TER 46 flights
  3. Porto OPO 19 flights
  4. Boston BOS United States 7 flights
  5. Funchal FNC 7 flights
  6. Toronto YYZ Canada 6 flights
  7. Montréal YUL Canada 3 flights
  8. Praia RAI Cape Verde 2 flights
  9. Zurich ZRH Switzerland 2 flights
  10. Hamilton YHM Canada 1 flights
  11. Halifax YHZ Canada 1 flights
  12. Köln CGN Germany 1 flights
  13. New York JFK United States 1 flights
  14. Miami MIA United States 1 flights
  15. Palma de Mallorca PMI Spain 1 flights
  16. Milano MXP Italy 1 flights
2 more connections
  • Vila do Porto SMA 1
  • Velas SJZ 1

Airlines

  1. SATA Air AçoresSAT 114
  2. Azores AirlinesRZO 110
  3. TAP PortugalTAP 34
  4. Titan AirwaysAWC 2
  5. Edelweiss AirEDW 2
  6. German Air ForceGAF 2
  7. NeosNOS 2
  8. Flexjet Operations MaltaFJO 1
  9. Latitude Air AmbulanceHTT 1
  10. Flight Calibration ServicesVOR 1

Aircraft

  1. Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 DH8D 113
  2. Airbus A321neo A21N 63
  3. Airbus A320neo A20N 53
  4. Airbus A320 A320 24
  5. DH8B 7

How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.

Updated every night · the data as JSON (CC BY-SA 4.0)

This data in your app

Every aircraft within 80 km of João Paulo II Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:

curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/37.7412/lon/-25.6979/dist/80

Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Ponta Delgada right now?”

Get a free key → Quickstart

Frequently asked questions

How can I see live flights over João Paulo II Airport? +

Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Ponta Delgada: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of PDL, refreshed every few seconds.

Which airlines fly from João Paulo II Airport? +

Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were SATA Air Açores, Azores Airlines, TAP Portugal, Titan Airways and Edelweiss Air.

What are the main connections from João Paulo II Airport? +

The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Lisbon (LIS, 75), Praia da Vitória (TER, 46), Porto (OPO, 19), Boston (BOS, 7) and Funchal (FNC, 7). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.

Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Ponta Delgada? +

Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.

What are the codes for João Paulo II Airport? +

João Paulo II Airport has IATA code PDL and ICAO code LPPD. It lies in Autonomous Region of Azores, Portugal, at coordinates 37.7412, -25.6979.

Is the flight data free and open? +

Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.

Nearby airports

All airports →
TER · LPLA
Lajes Airport
Autonomous Region of Azores, Portugal
FNC · LPMA
Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport
Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal
TFN · GCXO
Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport
Canary Islands, Spain
CAT · LPCS
Cascais Airport
Lisbon District, Portugal

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