Joao Paulo II PDL
Joao Paulo II Airport (PDL) is the airport for Ponta Delgada, Portugal, and with no other airport in the city, all scheduled traffic for Ponta Delgada uses it; cheap flights from Ponta Delgada are usually compared across popular routes to Lisbon, Porto, Madeira, Barcelona, Madrid, Warsaw, Prague and Chisinau. For a passenger, that means arrivals and departures are concentrated at one airport, and the first hours after landing are spent on the same transfer into Ponta Delgada rather than choosing between airports.
Joao Paulo II at a glance
- Passengers per year
- 285 k (2022)
- Elevation
- 259 m
- Opened
- 1969
- Official website
- aeroportopontadelgada.pt
- Population of Ponta Delgada
- 69 k (2011)
Country facts: Wikidata
Getting to the city
The fastest way into Ponta Delgada is usually by taxi or pre-booked car from the airport, while buses and local shuttles can take longer depending on stops; allow time for baggage and queues, and avoid assuming a fixed timetable without checking on the day.
Popular routes from this airport
| To | Flight | Date | Price from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid | with a stop | 23 Jan 2027 | from $110 |
| Barcelona | with a stop | 18 Jun 2027 | from $169 |
| Paris | with a stop | 15 Jan 2027 | from $169 |
| Amsterdam | with a stop | 20 Feb 2027 | from $175 |
| Rome | with a stop | 10 Dec 2026 | from $193 |
| Vienna | with a stop | 6 Jul 2027 | from $215 |
| Zurich | with a stop | 20 Nov 2026 | from $233 |
| Warsaw | with a stop | 18 Dec 2026 | from $258 |
| Krakow | with a stop | 29 Jan 2027 | from $335 |
| Prague | with a stop | 28 Nov 2026 | from $531 |