Live flights over João Paulo II Airport (PDL)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 45 departures and 42 arrivals at João Paulo II Airport, 44 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.
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
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 25 | 15 | 40 |
| Sat 24 | 20 | 27 | 47 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Lisbon LIS 17 flights
- Praia da Vitória TER 10 flights
- Porto OPO 7 flights
- Funchal FNC 4 flights
- Barcelona BCN Spain 3 flights
- Pico Island PIX 2 flights
- Velas SJZ 2 flights
- Montréal YUL Canada 1 flights
- Toronto YYZ Canada 1 flights
- Frankfurt am Main FRA Germany 1 flights
- London LHR United Kingdom 1 flights
- Boston BOS United States 1 flights
- Santa Cruz da Graciosa GRW 1 flights
Airlines
- SATA Air AçoresSAT 46
- Azores AirlinesRZO 29
- TAP PortugalTAP 8
- British AirwaysBAW 1
- LufthansaDLH 1
- Binter CanariasIBB 1
Aircraft
- Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 DH8D 40
- Airbus A321neo A21N 26
- DH8B 8
- Airbus A320neo A20N 6
- Airbus A320 A320 5
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.
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/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Ponta Delgada right now?”
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 (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were SATA Air Açores, Azores Airlines, TAP Portugal, British Airways and Lufthansa.
What are the main connections from João Paulo II Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Lisbon (LIS, 17), Praia da Vitória (TER, 10), Porto (OPO, 7), Funchal (FNC, 4) and Barcelona (BCN, 3). 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.
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