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Aristides Pereira International Airport

ICAO GVBA16.1365°N 22.8889°W21 m / 69 ftLarge airport
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Aristides Pereira International Airport (IATA: BVC, ICAO: GVBA) is a large airport in Rabil, Barlavento Islands, Cape Verde. It opened in 1939. It has one runway, 2,100 m (6,890 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea. In 2024 it handled 618 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1939–1939
1939
OpenedAristides Pereira International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
03/21016° / 196°
LENGTH2,100 m6,890 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2013–2024
410K
399K
422K
465K
513K
526K
575K
142K
72K
405K
537K
618K
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Routes

22 destinations · 9 countries
2,500 km5,000 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 miLIS · Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · 2,852 km / 1,772 miOPO · Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport · 3,107 km / 1,931 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 4,385 km / 2,725 miFCO · Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · 4,400 km / 2,734 miMXP · Milan Malpensa International Airport · 4,401 km / 2,735 miBHX · Birmingham Airport · 4,445 km / 2,762 miMAN · Manchester Airport · 4,510 km / 2,802 miVRN · Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport · 4,521 km / 2,809 miBRU · Brussels Airport · 4,569 km / 2,839 miSTR · Stuttgart Airport · 4,644 km / 2,886 miFRA · Frankfurt Main Airport · 4,705 km / 2,924 miDUS · Düsseldorf Airport · 4,710 km / 2,927 miMUC · Munich Airport · 4,769 km / 2,963 miHAJ · Hannover Airport · 4,945 km / 3,073 miBOD · Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport · 3,806 km / 2,365 miTLS · Toulouse-Blagnac Airport · 3,818 km / 2,372 miNTE · Nantes Atlantique Airport · 3,965 km / 2,464 miBGY · Il Caravaggio International Airport · 4,465 km / 2,774 miEMA · East Midlands Airport · 4,495 km / 2,793 miZRH · Zürich Airport · 4,518 km / 2,807 miLUX · Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · 4,552 km / 2,828 miVIE · Vienna International Airport · 5,049 km / 3,137 miVIEHAJFRAVRNMANFCONTETLSOPOLISMUCBRUZRHLGWDUSSTRLUXBHXMXPBODEMABGYBVC
Year-round14
LISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · TAP Air Portugal2,852 km1,772 miOPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · easyJet3,107 km1,931 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways4,385 km2,725 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Neos4,400 km2,734 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Neos4,401 km2,735 miBHXBirmingham AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways4,445 km2,762 miMANManchester AirportUnited Kingdom · TUI Airways4,510 km2,802 miVRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · Neos4,521 km2,809 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · TUI fly Belgium4,569 km2,839 miSTRStuttgart AirportGermany · TUI fly Deutschland4,644 km2,886 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · TUI fly Deutschland4,705 km2,924 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · TUI fly Deutschland4,710 km2,927 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · TUI fly Deutschland4,769 km2,963 miHAJHannover AirportGermany · TUI fly Deutschland4,945 km3,073 mi
Most destinationsTUI fly Deutschland 5TUI Airways 4Neos 4Transavia 3TAP Air Portugal 1easyJet 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BVC. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Aristides Pereira International Airport” (revision of 4 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers618K (2024)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,024of 3,974 · #65 Africa · #3 CVLongest runway2,100 m6,890 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,582of 29,823 · =412 Africa · =2 CVElevation21 m69 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=38,170of 43,341 · =2,923 Africa · #5 CVAgeOpened 19392026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,029of 15,079 · =29 Africa · =2 CVRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =176 Africa · =1 CV
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

1 channels
TowerBoa Vista Tower118.900