Aristides Pereira International Airport

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.

For the airport serving Boa Vista, Brazil, see Boa Vista International Airport.

Aristides Pereira International Airport Aeroporto Internacional Aristides Pereira
IATA: BVC ICAO: GVBA
Summary
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
Website	asa.cv
Map
BVC Location in Cape Verde
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 03/21 2,100 6,890 Asphalt
Statistics (2017[1])
Passengers 512,778 Operations 5,008 Metric tonnes of cargo 132

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
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
TUI Airways	Birmingham, London–Gatwick, Manchester[9]
TUI fly Belgium	Brussels
TUI fly Deutschland	Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich, Stuttgart
TUI fly Netherlands	Amsterdam Seasonal: Eindhoven
TUI fly Nordic	Seasonal charter: Copenhagen,[10] Helsinki,[11] Stockholm–Arlanda[12]

Statistics

Year	Passengers	Operations	Cargo
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

1. "Boletim Estatístico de Tráfego – Ano 2017" (PDF) (in Portuguese). ASA. January 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
2. Boa Vista - Acessibilidades
3. "Cape Verde: Third international airport opens and fourth due in 2008". Macauhub English. 1 November 2007.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. "Timetable". neosair.it.
6. https://www.travel4news.at/126862/neues-reiseziel-fuer-oesterreich-tui-fliegt-direkt-auf-die-kapverden/
7. "Flight". ving.se.
8. 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.
9. "Flight Timetable - TUI Airways". www.tui.co.uk.
10. "Only Flight". tui.dk.
11. "Only Flight". tui.fi.
12. "Only Flight". tui.se.
13. "Statistics in Airports" (PDF) (in Portuguese). ASA. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2014.

External links

Media related to Rabil Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Airport information for GVBA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.