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Lajes airport at Praia da Vitória (Portugal)
Lajes airport is located near Praia da Vitória, with Lajes at 1mi↑, Praia da Vitoria at 2mi↑, Praia da Vitória at 3mi↑, Vila de São Sebastião at 5mi↑, São Sebastião at 8mi↑, Biscoitos at 9mi↑, Angra do Heroísmo at 10mi↑, Espigão at 10mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Portugal and Southernmost airports in Portugal
→ See also airports in Portugal
aerial view of Lajes airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : LPLA
- IATA code : TER
- Local code : -
Elevation : 55 m = 180ft
→ See also Highest airports in Portugal and Lowest airports in Portugal
Runways
- runway 15/33 : 3313m = 10869ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Portugal
Coming to Lajes airport
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
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By plane :
- Lajes airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Graciosa airport at 55mi : book on Trip.com
- São Jorge airport at 59mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Lajes airport LPLA TER
METAR for Lajes airport LPLA TER
LPLA 071400Z /////KT 6000 -SHRA SCT024 FEW025TCU BKN035 10/05 Q1014
Decoded METAR for Lajes airport LPLA TER
METAR issued by LPLA on Friday, March 7, 2025 at 14:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 22 days and 547 hours and -31649 minutes ago.
visibility is 6km = 4mi.
The temperature is 10°C = 50°F, dew point is 5°C = 41°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 71%.
QNH is 1014hPa = 29.94inHg
Clouds : scattered clouds at 2400ft = 730m. few clouds at 2500ft = 760m. broken at 3500ft = 1070m.
light intensity shower rain
TAF for Lajes airport LPLA TER
LPLA 071102Z 0712/0812 32035G45KT 9999 FEW020 SCT030 TEMPO 0712/0715 33045G55KT 4000 SHRA SCT015TCU BKN018 TEMPO 0715/0812 7000 -SHRA BKN020 BECMG 0722/0724 34020KT TEMPO 0800/0812 33025G35KT
Decoded TAF for Lajes airport LPLA TER
TAF issued by LPLA on Friday, March 7, 2025 at 11:02 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 22 days and 22 hours and 29 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Friday, March 7, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Friday, March 7, 2025 à 22:00 heure UTC
0712/0812 32035G45KT 9999 FEW020 SCT030
wind 35kt = 65km/h with gusts at 45kt = 83km/h, direction is 320°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
few clouds at 2000ft = 610m scattered clouds at 3000ft = 910m
temporarily from Friday, March 7, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Friday, March 7, 2025 à 15:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0712/0715 33045G55KT 4000 SHRA SCT015TCU BKN018
wind 45kt = 83km/h with gusts at 55kt = 102km/h, direction is 330°
Visibility is 4km = 2mi.
shower rain
scattered clouds at 1500ft = 460m broken at 1800ft = 550m
temporarily from Friday, March 7, 2025 à 15:00 heure TU to Saturday, March 8, 2025 à 12:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0715/0812 7000 -SHRA BKN020
Visibility is 7km = 4mi.
light intensity shower rain
broken at 2000ft = 610m
becoming from Friday, March 7, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Saturday, March 8, 2025 à 12:00 heure UTC
BECMG 0722/0724 34020KT
wind 20kt = 37km/h, direction is 340°
temporarily from Friday, March 7, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Saturday, March 8, 2025 à 12:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0800/0812 33025G35KT
wind 25kt = 46km/h with gusts at 35kt = 65km/h, direction is 330°
VAC for Lajes airport LPLA TER
The Visual Approach Chart (VAC Visual Approach Chart) is provided without any guarantee of its timeliness. The pilot is the only person responsible for the verification of its validity before using it operationally to prepare a flight or to use it during its navigation.
NOTAM for Lajes airport
Around Lajes airport at Praia da Vitória (Portugal)
near
- Hotels in Lajes
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 1292mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 1339mi↑
- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 1339mi↑
- Aquarium de Donostia-San Sebastián (San Sebastian) at 1340mi↑
- Eureka! Zientzia Museoa (San Sebastiàn) at 1340mi↑
- Hotel de Londres y de Inglaterra (San Sebastian) at 1340mi↑
- San Sebastian at 1340mi↑
- Saint-Jean-de-Luz at 1357mi↑
- Hôtel Txoko (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 1357mi↑
- Grand Hôtel Thalasso & Spa (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 1357mi↑
- Hotel Arena (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 1358mi↑
- Hôtel St-Julien (Biarritz) at 1362mi↑
- for Lajes airport at 0mi↑
- for Graciosa airport at 55mi↑
- for São Jorge airport at 59mi↑
nearest airports to Lajes airport at Praia da Vitória (Portugal)
- Graciosa airport (LPGR GRW ) at 55mi↑NOTAM
- São Jorge airport (LPSJ SJZ ) at 59mi↑NOTAM
- Pico airport (LPPI PIX ) at 74mi↑NOTAM
- Horta airport (LPHR HOR ) at 89mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- João Paulo II airport (LPPD PDL ) at 103mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Hospital do Divino Espirito Santo heliport ( PT-0011) at 104mi↑
- Santa Maria airport (LPAZ SMA ) at 162mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Flores airport (LPFL FLW ) at 222mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Corvo airport (LPCR CVU ) at 224mi↑NOTAM
- Porto Moniz heliport (LPMZ ) at 689mi↑NOTAM
- Dr. Nélio Mendonça Hospital heliport (LPCC ) at 709mi↑NOTAM
- Madeira airport (LPMA FNC ) at 714mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in Portugal
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap