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
Summary
Airport typeCivil
OperatorEmpresa nacional de Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea (ASA)
ServesSal Rei
LocationBoa Vista, Cape Verde
Elevation AMSL30 m / 98 ft
Coordinates16°8′15″N 22°53′21.84″W
Websiteasa.cv
Map
BVC is located in Cape Verde
BVC
BVC
Location in Cape Verde
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 2,100 6,890 Asphalt
Statistics (2017[1])
Passengers512,778
Operations5,008
Metric tonnes of cargo132

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
AirlinesDestinations
Bestfly Cabo Verde[4] Praia
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels[5]
Cabo Verde Express Sal
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg
Neos Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Rome–Fiumicino, Verona[6]
Smartwings Seasonal charter: Brno, Prague, Vienna[7]
Smartwings Slovakia Seasonal charter: Bratislava
Sunclass Airlines Seasonal charter: Stockholm–Arlanda[8]
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon[9]
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam, Paris–Orly, Marrakecha
TUI Airways[10] Birmingham, Bristol (begins 1 May 2024),[11] London–Gatwick, Manchester
TUI fly Belgium Brussels
TUI fly Deutschland Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich, Stuttgart
TUI fly Netherlands Amsterdam
TUI fly Nordic Seasonal charter: Copenhagen,[12] Gothenburg[13] Helsinki,[14] Stockholm–Arlanda[13]

^a Flights from Boa Vista to Marrakech operate as round trips that start and end at Paris Orly Airport.

Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at BVC airport. See Wikidata query.
YearPassengersOperationsCargo
2012[15]425,701--
2013[15]448,7004,768268
2016[1]465,0494,600209
2017[1]512,7785,008132

See also

References
  1. "Boletim Estatístico de Tráfego – Ano 2017" (PDF) (in Portuguese). ASA. January 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  2. "BV - Acessibilidades". 22 February 2013. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  3. "Cape Verde: Third international airport opens and fourth due in 2008". Macauhub English. 1 November 2007.
  4. "Schedules". bestflycaboverde.com.
  5. "Flight tickets to Boa Vista. Book your flight with Brussels Airlines". Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  6. "Timetable". neosair.it.
  7. "Neues Reiseziel für Österreich: TUI fliegt direkt auf die Kapverden". Archived from the original on 15 April 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  8. "Flight". ving.se.
  9. 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.
  10. "Flight Timetable - TUI Airways". www.tui.co.uk.
  11. https://www.tui.co.uk/flight/timetable
  12. "Only Flight". tui.dk.
  13. "Only Flight". tui.se.
  14. "Only Flight". tui.fi.
  15. "Statistics in Airports" (PDF) (in Portuguese). ASA. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2014.

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