# Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID / GVAC)

**Amílcar Cabral International Airport** (IATA: SID, ICAO: GVAC) is a large airport in Espargos, Barlavento Islands, Cape Verde. It opened in 1939. It has one runway, 3,280 m (10,760 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea. In 2024 it handled 1.3 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SID / GVAC
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea
- Serves: Espargos, Barlavento Islands, Cape Verde
- Opened: 1939
- Elevation: 54 m / 177 ft
- Coordinates: 16.7414, -22.9494
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,280 m / 10,760 ft
- Passengers: 1,336,994 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC-1 · Atlantic/Cape_Verde
- Website: http://www.asa.cv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=137&Itemid=58
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%ADlcar_Cabral_International_Airport (30 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q482315
- Weather station: GVAC · WMO 08594
- Ident: GVAC

## Timeline

- 1939: Amílcar Cabral International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 3,280 m / 10,760 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 358° / 178° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 669,861 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 703,425 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 780,738 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 914,696 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,092,789 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 1,184,636 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,192,828 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 308,162 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 269,001 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 970,034 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 1,128,581 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 1,336,994 | Wikidata |

## Routes

47 destinations in 21 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (29)

- [DSS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gobd.md) Blaise Diagne International Airport · Senegal · 670 km / 416 mi · Air Senegal
- [LPA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gclp.md) Gran Canaria Airport · Spain · 1,466 km / 911 mi · Binter Canarias
- [CMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmmn.md) Mohammed V International Airport · Morocco · 2,404 km / 1,494 mi · Royal Air Maroc
- [LIS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppt.md) Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · Portugal · 2,795 km / 1,737 mi · easyJet, TAP Air Portugal
- [OPO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppr.md) Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport · Portugal · 3,048 km / 1,894 mi · easyJet, TAP Air Portugal
- [BOD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfbd.md) Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport · France · 3,750 km / 2,330 mi · Transavia France
- [TLS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfbo.md) Toulouse-Blagnac Airport · France · 3,765 km / 2,339 mi · Transavia France
- [NTE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfrs.md) Nantes Atlantique Airport · France · 3,907 km / 2,428 mi · Transavia France
- [MRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfml.md) Marseille Provence Airport · France · 3,981 km / 2,474 mi · Transavia France
- [LYS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfll.md) Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport · France · 4,139 km / 2,572 mi · Transavia France
- [ORY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpo.md) Paris-Orly Airport · France · 4,230 km / 2,628 mi · Transavia France
- [BRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eggd.md) Bristol Airport · United Kingdom · 4,248 km / 2,640 mi · TUI Airways, easyJet
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 4,325 km / 2,687 mi · TUI Airways, easyJet
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 4,350 km / 2,703 mi · easyJet, Neos
- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 4,355 km / 2,706 mi · Neos
- [BHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egbb.md) Birmingham Airport · United Kingdom · 4,384 km / 2,724 mi · TUI Airways
- [BGY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lime.md) Il Caravaggio International Airport · Italy · 4,414 km / 2,743 mi · Neos
- [MAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egcc.md) Manchester Airport · United Kingdom · 4,449 km / 2,764 mi · TUI Airways, easyJet
- [VRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipx.md) Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport · Italy · 4,472 km / 2,779 mi · Neos
- [LUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ellx.md) Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · Luxembourg · 4,496 km / 2,794 mi · Luxair
- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 4,512 km / 2,804 mi · TUI fly Belgium
- [STR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edds.md) Stuttgart Airport · Germany · 4,590 km / 2,852 mi · TUI fly Deutschland
- [GLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egpf.md) Glasgow Airport · United Kingdom · 4,625 km / 2,874 mi · TUI Airways
- [NCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnt.md) Newcastle International Airport · United Kingdom · 4,629 km / 2,876 mi · TUI Airways
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 4,640 km / 2,883 mi · easyJet
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 4,650 km / 2,889 mi · TUI fly Deutschland
- [DUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddl.md) Düsseldorf Airport · Germany · 4,654 km / 2,892 mi · TUI fly Deutschland
- [MUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddm.md) Munich Airport · Germany · 4,717 km / 2,931 mi · TUI fly Deutschland
- [HAJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddv.md) Hannover Airport · Germany · 4,889 km / 3,038 mi · TUI fly Deutschland

### Seasonal (3)

- [BCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebl.md) Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · Spain · 3,630 km / 2,256 mi · Vueling
- [EMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnx.md) East Midlands Airport · United Kingdom · 4,434 km / 2,755 mi · TUI Airways
- [ZRH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszh.md) Zürich Airport · Switzerland · 4,465 km / 2,774 mi · Edelweiss Air

### Seasonal charter (16)

- [OPO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppr.md) Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport · Portugal · 3,048 km / 1,894 mi · Smartwings
- [MAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemd.md) Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · Spain · 3,232 km / 2,008 mi · AlbaStar
- [VIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/levt.md) Vitoria Airport · Spain · 3,481 km / 2,163 mi · AlbaStar
- [BIO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebb.md) Bilbao Airport · Spain · 3,507 km / 2,179 mi · Smartwings
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 4,976 km / 3,092 mi · Smartwings
- [VIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/loww.md) Vienna International Airport · Austria · 4,999 km / 3,106 mi · Smartwings
- [BTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lzib.md) M. R. Štefánik Airport · Slovakia · 5,043 km / 3,134 mi · Smartwings
- [BRQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lktb.md) Brno-Tuřany Airport · Czechia · 5,066 km / 3,148 mi · Smartwings
- [BUD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lhbp.md) Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · Hungary · 5,139 km / 3,193 mi · Smartwings
- [SOF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lbsf.md) Sofia Airport · Bulgaria · 5,235 km / 3,253 mi · Bulgaria Air
- [CPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekch.md) Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · Denmark · 5,266 km / 3,272 mi · TUIfly Nordic
- [KTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epkt.md) Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport · Poland · 5,288 km / 3,286 mi · Enter Air, Smartwings
- [GOT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esgg.md) Göteborg Landvetter Airport · Sweden · 5,400 km / 3,355 mi · TUIfly Nordic
- [WAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwa.md) Warsaw Chopin Airport · Poland · 5,494 km / 3,414 mi · Enter Air, Smartwings
- [ARN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/essa.md) Stockholm-Arlanda Airport · Sweden · 5,792 km / 3,599 mi · TUIfly Nordic
- [HEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/efhk.md) Helsinki Vantaa Airport · Finland · 6,158 km / 3,826 mi · TUIfly Nordic

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (2)

- VR [Cabo Verde Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cabo-verde-airlines)
- CVE [Cabo Verde Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cabo-verde-express)

### Passenger (18)

- QS [Smartwings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartwings) · 9 · seasonal charter
- U2 [easyJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/easyjet) · 7
- BY [TUI Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-airways) · 7
- TO [Transavia France](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/transavia-france) · 6
- X3 [TUI fly Deutschland](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-fly-deutschland) · 5
- NO [Neos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/neos) · 4
- 6B [TUIfly Nordic](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tuifly-nordic) · 4 · seasonal charter
- AP [AlbaStar](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/albastar) · 2 · seasonal charter
- E4 [Enter Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/enter-air) · 2 · seasonal charter
- TP [TAP Air Portugal](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tap-air-portugal) · 2
- HC [Air Senegal](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-senegal) · 1
- NT [Binter Canarias](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/binter-canarias) · 1
- FB [Bulgaria Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bulgaria-air) · 1 · seasonal charter
- WK [Edelweiss Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/edelweiss-air) · 1 · seasonal
- LG [Luxair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/luxair) · 1
- AT [Royal Air Maroc](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/royal-air-maroc) · 1
- TB [TUI fly Belgium](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tui-fly-belgium) · 1
- VY [Vueling](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vueling) · 1 · seasonal

Former hub of [Halcyonair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/halcyonair).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.3M (2024) | #721 of 3,974 | #42 in Africa | #1 in CV |
| Longest runway | 3,280 m / 10,760 ft | #749 of 29,858 | #116 in Africa | #1 in CV |
| Elevation | 54 m / 177 ft | =34,552 of 43,403 | =2,796 in Africa | #4 in CV |
| Age | Opened 1939 | =1,029 of 15,079 | =29 in Africa | =2 in CV |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =1 in CV |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | A/G | 345.200 |
| APP | SAL APP - (V) | 126.400 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.700 |
| AWOS |  | 127.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [BVC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gvba.md) Aristides Pereira International Airport · 68 km / 42 mi
- [SNE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gvsn.md) Preguiça Airport · 143 km / 89 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: “Amílcar Cabral International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amílcar_Cabral_International_Airport&oldid=1375413054), revision of 17 Sep 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/gvac/data