# Francisco Mendes International Airport, Praia, Cape Verde

**Francisco Mendes International Airport** was an airport in Praia, Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde. It opened in 1961. It closed in Oct 2005. It was operated by Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cv-0001

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea
- Serves: Praia, Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde
- Opened: 1961
- Closed: Oct 2005
- Elevation: 70 m / 229 ft
- Coordinates: 14.9261, -23.4948
- Time zone: UTC-1 · Atlantic/Cape_Verde
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Mendes_International_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q543335
- Weather station: GVNP
- Ident: CV-0001

## Timeline

- 1961: Francisco Mendes International Airport opens.
- Oct 2005: Francisco Mendes International Airport closes.

## Nearby airports

- [RAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gvnp.md) Nelson Mandela International Airport · 2.0 km / 1.2 mi
- [MMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gvma.md) Maio Airport · 40 km / 25 mi
- [BVC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gvba.md) Aristides Pereira International Airport · 149 km / 93 mi

## In collections

- [Closed and historic](https://dromopedia.com/collections/closed) #36

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cv-0001/data