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 (3.1 mi) southeast of the island capital Sal Rei. It is the third-busiest airport in the country.
Aristides Pereira International Airport Aeroporto Internacional Aristides Pereira | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Civil | ||||||||||
| Operator | Vinci Airports[1] | ||||||||||
| 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 | www | ||||||||||
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History
editThe 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 (3,900 to 6,900 ft) length and from 30 to 45 metres (98 to 148 ft) width. The project cost 21 million euros.[3] The airport was officially opened on 31 October 2007.[4] 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.
In July 2023 Vinci Airports finalized a financial arrangement to take over seven airports in Cape Verde under a concession agreement signed with the island country’s government. The company will be responsible for the funding, operation, maintenance, extension and modernization of the airports for 40 years, alongside its subsidiary ANA-Aeroportos de Portugal, which holds 30% of the concession company Cabo Verde Airports.[1]
Airlines and destinations
edit| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Cabo Verde Airlines[5] | Praia, Porto (ends 10 January 2025) Sal |
| Edelweiss Air | Seasonal: Zürich |
| Enter Air | Seasonal charter: Katowice |
| Luxair | Seasonal: Luxembourg |
| Neos | Milan–Malpensa, Rome–Fiumicino, Verona[6] Seasonal: Bergamo |
| Smartwings | Seasonal charter: Bratislava, Brno, Prague, Vienna[7] |
| Sunclass Airlines | Seasonal charter: Stockholm–Arlanda[8] |
| TAP Air Portugal | Lisbon[9] |
| Transavia | Seasonal: Paris–Orly |
| TUI Airways[10] | Birmingham, Bristol (ends 30 October 2024),[10] East Midlands (begins 3 May 2025),[11] London–Gatwick, Manchester |
| TUI fly Belgium | Brussels[12] |
| TUI fly Deutschland | Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich, Stuttgart |
| TUI fly Netherlands | Amsterdam |
| TUI fly Nordic | Seasonal charter: Copenhagen,[13] Gothenburg[14] Helsinki,[15] Stockholm–Arlanda[14] |
Statistics
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| Year | Passengers | Operations | Cargo |
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| 2012[16] | 425,701 | - | - |
| 2013[16] | 448,700 | 4,768 | 268 |
| 2016[2] | 465,049 | 4,600 | 209 |
| 2017[2] | 512,778 | 5,008 | 132 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "VINCI Takes Over Seven Cape Verde Airports". aviationweek.com. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "Boletim Estatístico de Tráfego – Ano 2017" (PDF) (in Portuguese). ASA. January 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ "BV - Acessibilidades". 22 February 2013. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ "Cape Verde: Third international airport opens and fourth due in 2008". Macauhub English. 1 November 2007.
- ^ "Flight Schedule". caboverdeairlines.com.
- ^ "Timetable". neosair.it.
- ^ "Neues Reiseziel für Österreich: TUI fliegt direkt auf die Kapverden". Archived from the original on 15 April 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ "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 "Flight Timetable - TUI Airways". www.tui.co.uk.
- ^ "Tui adds 345,000 seats to summer 2025 programme".
- ^ Liu, Jim. "TUIfly Belgium NW22 Boeing 737 MAX 8 Network – 13NOV22". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ "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.[permanent dead link]
External links
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Media related to Rabil Airport at Wikimedia Commons
