# Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (OXB / GGOV)

**Osvaldo Vieira International Airport** (IATA: OXB, ICAO: GGOV) is a large airport in Bissau, Bissau Autonomous Sector, Guinea-Bissau. It has one runway, 3,200 m (10,499 ft) long, asphalt. In 2016 it handled 84 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ggov

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: OXB / GGOV
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Bissau, Bissau Autonomous Sector, Guinea-Bissau
- Elevation: 39 m / 129 ft
- Coordinates: 11.8943, -15.6536
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,200 m / 10,499 ft
- Passengers: 83,616 (2016)
- Time zone: UTC+0 · Africa/Bissau
- Website: https://www.aeroporto-bissau.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osvaldo_Vieira_International_Airport (27 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432281
- Weather station: GGOV · WMO 61766
- Ident: GGOV

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 019° / 199° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 77,089 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 83,616 | Wikidata |

## Routes

6 destinations in 6 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (6)

- [DSS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gobd.md) Blaise Diagne International Airport · Senegal · 345 km / 214 mi · Air Côte d'Ivoire, Turkish Airlines, Air Senegal
- [ABJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/diap.md) Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport · Côte d’Ivoire · 1,485 km / 923 mi · Air Côte d'Ivoire
- [LFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dxxx.md) Lomé–Tokoin International Airport · Togo · 1,962 km / 1,219 mi · Asky Airlines
- [CMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmmn.md) Mohammed V International Airport · Morocco · 2,525 km / 1,569 mi · Royal Air Maroc
- [LIS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppt.md) Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · Portugal · 3,058 km / 1,900 mi · TAP Air Portugal, EuroAtlantic Airways
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 5,402 km / 3,357 mi · Turkish Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from OXB, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (7)

- HF [Air Côte d'Ivoire](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-cote-divoire) · 2
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 2
- HC [Air Senegal](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-senegal) · 1
- KP [Asky Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/asky-airlines) · 1
- YU [EuroAtlantic Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/euroatlantic-airways) · 1
- AT [Royal Air Maroc](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/royal-air-maroc) · 1
- TP [TAP Air Portugal](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tap-air-portugal) · 1

Former hub of [Air Bissau](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-bissau).

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 84K (2016) | #1,884 of 3,974 | #126 in Africa |  |
| Longest runway | 3,200 m / 10,499 ft | =818 of 29,858 | =126 in Africa | #1 in GW |
| Elevation | 39 m / 129 ft | =35,952 of 43,403 | =2,837 in Africa | #5 in GW |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =1 in GW |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | A/G VOICE RDO | 343.200 |
| APP | APP | 123.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 124.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [GGBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ggbo.md) Bolama Airstrip · 37 km / 23 mi
- [BQE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ggbu.md) Bubaque Airport · 69 km / 43 mi
- [GGCF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ggcf.md) Cufar Airport · 85 km / 53 mi
- [GGBE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ggbe.md) Bendanda Airstrip · 85 km / 53 mi
- [ZIG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gogg.md) Ziguinchor Airport · 100 km / 62 mi
- [GG64](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gg64.md) Quebo Airport · 105 km / 65 mi

## 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Osvaldo Vieira International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Osvaldo_Vieira_International_Airport&oldid=1365334512), revision of 21 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/ggov/data