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Rabil 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 (3.1 mi) 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 (3,900 to 6,900 ft) length and from 30 to 45 metres (98 to 148 ft) width. The project cost 21 million euros. The airport was officially opened on 31 October 2007. 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.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Cabo Verde Airlines 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
Smartwings Seasonal charter: Bratislava, Brno, Prague, Vienna
Sunclass Airlines Seasonal charter: Stockholm–Arlanda
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon
Transavia Seasonal: Paris–Orly
TUI Airways Birmingham, Bristol (ends 30 October 2024), East Midlands (begins 3 May 2025), 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, Gothenburg Helsinki, Stockholm–Arlanda

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at BVC airport. See Wikidata query.
Year Passengers Operations Cargo
2012 425,701 - -
2013 448,700 4,768 268
2016 465,049 4,600 209
2017 512,778 5,008 132

See also

References

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