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Lajes airport in 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
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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 082200Z /////KT 9999 FEW018 SCT040 13/13 Q1010
Decoded METAR for Lajes airport LPLA TER
METAR issued by LPLA on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 22:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 6 days and 158 hours and -8610 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 13°C = 55°F, dew point is 13°C = 55°F. The air is saturated with water : relative air humidity is 100 %.
QNH is 1010hPa = 29.83inHg
Clouds : few clouds at 1800ft = 550m. scattered clouds at 4000ft = 1220m.
TAF for Lajes airport LPLA TER
LPLA 081702Z 0818/0918 VRB05KT 9999 SCT025 TEMPO 0818/0820 5000 -RA BR SCT015 BKN018 FEW020TCU TEMPO 0900/0918 5000 -SHRA SCT010 BKN016 BECMG 0903/0906 36012KT
Decoded TAF for Lajes airport LPLA TER
TAF issued by LPLA on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 17:02 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 6 days and 19 hours and 28 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Tuesday, April 8, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Tuesday, April 8, 2025 à 03:00 heure UTC
0818/0918 VRB05KT 9999 SCT025
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is °
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
scattered clouds at 2500ft = 760m
temporarily from Tuesday, April 8, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Tuesday, April 8, 2025 à 20:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0818/0820 5000 -RA BR SCT015 BKN018 FEW020TCU
Visibility is 5km = 3mi.
light rain
mist
scattered clouds at 1500ft = 460m broken at 1800ft = 550m few clouds at 2000ft = 610m
temporarily from Tuesday, April 8, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Wednesday, April 9, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0900/0918 5000 -SHRA SCT010 BKN016
Visibility is 5km = 3mi.
light intensity shower rain
scattered clouds at 1000ft = 300m broken at 1600ft = 490m
becoming from Wednesday, April 9, 2025 à 06:00 heure TU to Wednesday, April 9, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
BECMG 0903/0906 36012KT
wind 12kt = 22km/h, direction is 360°
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 in 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 in 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