Ponta Delgada-João Paulo II Airport

Operated By:

Aeroportos de Portugal SA (ANA)

Website:

www.ana-aeroportos.pt

Terminals:

1

This Review:

Only Terminal

Rating:

3 star - Average service with more positives than negatives
  PDL
PONTA DELGADA
TT0107 /221750

 
Review created: 16/06/2019;
Last updated 16/06/2019

General:

Large runway, small airport. Located in the middle of the atlantic the Azores have been an important part of aviation since the first flights. Today it acts as a hopping off point for trans-atlantic flights with people flying in from both Europe and the US. Consequenlty for a small island there are a very large number of connections
   

Appearance:

The modern airport building is quite small, but appears to be able to cope with the numbers of people using it

Inbound

Domestic
On landing you walk from the plane to the terminal building, where you enter directly into the baggage reclaim hall, and then out into arrivals

International
I have not flown on an international flight to this airport

I have only flown on a domestic flight into this airport

The small baggage reclaim hall is located at the end of the terminal building and has a couple of belts

I have only flown on a domestic flight into this airport

There is no public transport from the airport. There are lots of taxi's waiting on flight arrivals

Outbound

Domestic
After checking in and walking through the small security area you are into the departures lounge. This is a small space, but appeared to be able to cope with the number of passengers using it. When the flight is called you have to go through the gate and then queue up to then be taken as a group across the tarmac to the plane.

International
International departures uses the same space as domestic, just with passport control booths on the gates that international flights leave from

Nothing much landside, and a small café/bar airside

Nothing much landside, and a small café/bar airside

A small café airside, but no real restaurants

A couple of small shops airside

The toilets were clean and well maintained