Aristides Pereira International Airport
| Aristides Pereira International Airport Aeroporto Internacional Aristides Pereira | |||||||||||
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| IATA: BVC – ICAO: GVBA | |||||||||||
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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 | 69 ft / 21 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 16°8′15″N 22°53′21.84″W / 16.13750°N 22.8894000°WCoordinates: 16°8′15″N 22°53′21.84″W / 16.13750°N 22.8894000°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.asa.cv | ||||||||||
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  BVC Location in Cape Verde | |||||||||||
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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 airport started operating in the late-20th century, it was converted from an aerodrome in 2002. Construction started in 2005, the project was founded by the Spanish engineering company INECO, the runway was extended from 1,200 to 2,100 meters and was paved only in 2007. Aristides Pereira Airport has started international operations in July 2007, with a new runway (2,100m), making it the newest international airport on the Cape Verde Islands.[1]
On 13 October 2007, TACV made a test flight from Amílcar Cabral International Airport to Rabil Airport to conclude the operational certification of the new airport. On 31 October 2007, TACV officially became the first airline to operate a jet aircraft (Boeing 757-200 [D4-CBG]) to Rabil Airport, an inaugural flight from Praia Airport.[2] On 19 December 2007 a Livingston Airlines Airbus A321-200 (EI-LVA) made the first international arrival to Rabil from Verona, Italy. The passengers were greeted with "morabeza" by Cape Verdeans.
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.[3]
In 2012, it carried 425,701 passengers making it the third most used in the country.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| ASL Airlines France | Seasonal: Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Cabo Verde Express | Sal |
| Luxair | Seasonal: Luxembourg |
| Neos | Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino, Verona |
| TACV | Praia, Sal |
| TAP Portugal | Lisbon[4] |
| Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium | Seasonal: Brussels |
| Thomson Airways | Birmingham, London-Gatwick, Manchester |
| Travel Service | Charter: Prague |
| Travel Service Slovakia | Charter: Bratislava |
| Transavia France | Seasonal: Paris-Orly |
| TUI Airlines Netherlands | Amsterdam |
| TUIfly | Basel/Mulhouse, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hannover, Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart |
| TUIfly Belgium | Brussels |
| TUIfly Nordic | Charter: Copenhagen, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Gran Canaria, Helsinki, Stockholm-Arlanda, Oslo-Gardermoen |
See also
References
- ↑ "Cape Verde: New Boavista international airport receives first flights". Macauhub English. 7 November 2007.
- ↑ "Cape Verde: Third international airport opens and fourth due in 2008". Macauhub English. 1 November 2007.
- ↑ "Boa Vista Aristides Pereira Airport Guide (BVC)". Worldtravelguide.net. 20 March 2014.
- ↑ 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. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013.
Sources
Media related to Category:Rabil Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Airport information for GVBA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.