Aristides Pereira International Airport Aeroporto Internacional Aristides Pereira | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Civil | ||||||||||
| Operator | Empresa nacional de Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea (ASA) | ||||||||||
| Serves | Sal Rei | ||||||||||
| Location | Boa Vista, Cape Verde | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 30 m / 98 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 16°8′15″N 22°53′21.84″W / 16.13750°N 22.8894000°W | ||||||||||
| Website | asa.cv | ||||||||||
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Aristides Pereira International Airport (Portuguese Aeroporto Internacional Aristides Pereira) (IATA: BVC, ICAO: GVBA) is an airport in Cape Verde located on the island of Boa Vista, about 5 km southeast of the island capital Sal Rei. It is the third-busiest airport in the country.
History
The conversion of the existing airport of Rabil into an international airport started in 2005, and was completed in 2007. The runway was extended from 1,200 to 2,100 metres length and from 30 to 45 metres width. The project cost 21 million euros.[2] The airport was officially opened on 31 October 2007.[3] The airport was originally named Rabil Airport, but on 19 November 2011 it was renamed as a tribute to the first president of Cape Verde, Aristides Pereira.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Brussels Airlines | Seasonal: Brussels[4] |
| Cabo Verde Express | Sal |
| Luxair | Seasonal: Luxembourg |
| Neos | Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Rome–Fiumicino, Verona[5] |
| Smartwings | Seasonal charter: Prague, Vienna[6] |
| Smartwings Slovakia | Seasonal charter: Bratislava |
| Sunclass Airlines | Seasonal charter: Stockholm–Arlanda[7] |
| TAP Air Portugal | Lisbon[8] |
| TICV | Praia, Sal |
| Transavia | Seasonal: Amsterdam, Paris–Orly |
| TUI Airways[9] | Birmingham, London–Gatwick, Manchester Seasonal: Doncaster/Sheffield (begins 3 November 2021),[9] London–Stansted (begins 4 November 2021)[9] |
| TUI fly Belgium | Brussels |
| TUI fly Deutschland | Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich, Stuttgart |
| TUI fly Netherlands | Amsterdam Seasonal: Eindhoven |
| TUI fly Nordic | Seasonal charter: Copenhagen,[10] Gothenburg[11] Helsinki,[12] Stockholm–Arlanda[11] |
Statistics
| Year | Passengers | Operations | Cargo |
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| 2012[13] | 425,701 | - | - |
| 2013[13] | 448,700 | 4,768 | 268 |
| 2016[1] | 465,049 | 4,600 | 209 |
| 2017[1] | 512,778 | 5,008 | 132 |
See also
- List of buildings and structures in Cape Verde
- List of airports in Cape Verde
References
- ^ a b c "Boletim Estatístico de Tráfego – Ano 2017" (PDF) (in Portuguese). ASA. January 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ Boa Vista - Acessibilidades
- ^ "Cape Verde: Third international airport opens and fourth due in 2008". Macauhub English. 1 November 2007.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
- ^ "Timetable". neosair.it.
- ^ https://www.travel4news.at/126862/neues-reiseziel-fuer-oesterreich-tui-fliegt-direkt-auf-die-kapverden/
- ^ "Flight". ving.se.
- ^ Duclos, François (17 June 2013). "TAP Portugal : Tanger et Boa Vista en octobre" [TAP Portugal : Tanger and Boa Vista in October] (in French). Air Journal.
- ^ a b c "Flight Timetable - TUI Airways". www.tui.co.uk.
- ^ "Only Flight". tui.dk.
- ^ a b "Only Flight". tui.se.
- ^ "Only Flight". tui.fi.
- ^ a b "Statistics in Airports" (PDF) (in Portuguese). ASA. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
External links
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Media related to Rabil Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Airport information for GVBA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.