Live flights over Lajes Airport (TER)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 17 departures and 16 arrivals at Lajes Airport, 17 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Ponta Delgada (PDL), Porto (OPO) and Lisbon (LIS). The airline seen most often is SATA Air Açores.
Airport data
- IATA code
- TER
- ICAO code
- LPLA
- City
- Praia da Vitória
- Region
- Autonomous Region of Azores
- Country
- Portugal
- Elevation
- 55 m (180 ft)
- Coordinates
- 38.7618, -27.0908
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Lajes 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 Praia da Vitória.
Seen by the network
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Sat 24 | 14 | 12 | 26 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Ponta Delgada PDL 10 flights
- Porto OPO 4 flights
- Lisbon LIS 4 flights
- Cascais CAT 1 flights
- Santa Cruz da Graciosa GRW 1 flights
Airlines
- SATA Air AçoresSAT 22
- Azores AirlinesRZO 4
- TAP PortugalTAP 4
- Canadian ForcesCFC 1
- German Air ForceGAF 1
- NetJets EuropeNJE 1
Aircraft
- Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 DH8D 22
- Airbus A320neo A20N 8
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 Lajes 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/38.7618/lon/-27.0908/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Praia da Vitória right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Lajes Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Praia da Vitória: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of TER, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Lajes Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were SATA Air Açores, Azores Airlines, TAP Portugal, Canadian Forces and German Air Force.
What are the main connections from Lajes Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Ponta Delgada (PDL, 10), Porto (OPO, 4), Lisbon (LIS, 4), Cascais (CAT, 1) and Santa Cruz da Graciosa (GRW, 1). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Praia da Vitória? +
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 Lajes Airport? +
Lajes Airport has IATA code TER and ICAO code LPLA. It lies in Autonomous Region of Azores, Portugal, at coordinates 38.7618, -27.0908.
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
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