Information of João Paulo II Airport

• Location & QuickFacts
• Airport Communications
• Runway Information
• Remarks

• by Ingo Warnecke
• by Ingo Warnecke
• by Ingo Warnecke
• by Ingo Warnecke

Location & QuickFacts

Airport ICAO Code:	LPPD
Airport IATA Code:	PDL
Airport Type:	A - Civil
Longitude/Latitude:	W 025° 41' 52.33"/N 37° 44' 28.26" -25.697870/37.741184
Elevation:	259 ft / 78.94 m
Location:	Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island, Portugal
Magnetic Variation:	W 9°47.9' (2008-04)
Time Zone:	UTC-1(0 DT)

Airport Communications

Type	Name	Freq 1	Freq 2	Freq 3	Freq 4	Freq 5
Approach Control	APP	119.4 M
Tower	TWR	118.3 M

Runway Information

Runway 12/30

Dimension:	8192 x 148 ft / 2496.9 x 45.1 m
Surface:	Asphalt, asphaltic concrete, tar macadam, or bitumen bound macadam.

	Runway 12	Runway 30
Longitude:	-25.710897 / W 025° 42' 39.23"	-25.684575 / W 025° 41' 04.47"
Latitude:	37.746236 / N 37° 44' 46.45"	37.737919 / N 37° 44' 16.51"
End Elevation:	259.0 ft	197.0 ft
Alignment:	123.0	303.0
Slope:	-0.8	0.8
Touchdown Zone Elev.:	Unknown	Unknown
Displaced Threshold:	0 ft	787 ft
Lighting System 1:	Centerline Lighting System	Centerline Lighting System
Lighting System 2:	High Intensity Runway Lights	High Intensity Runway Lights
Lighting System 3:	ALSF-2	ALSF-2
Lighting System 4:	PAPI - Precision Approach Path Indicator	PAPI - Precision Approach Path Indicator

Remarks

Caution - Bird haz. Gnd rises significantly NW of strip, especially on Rwy 30 extended cntrline sctr. Turnaround proh for acft with tkof wt over 80 tons.

Fuel - (NC-A1)

Lighting - PAPI Rwy 12,30 MEHT 68'.

Operating Hours - Opr 0615-2400Z++. Emerg svc with 1 hr PN.