# Maio Airport (MMO / GVMA)

**Maio Airport** (IATA: MMO, ICAO: GVMA) is a medium airport in Vila do Maio, Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde. It opened in 1928. It has one runway, 1,200 m (3,937 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea. In 2024 it handled 10 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MMO / GVMA
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea
- Serves: Vila do Maio, Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde
- Opened: 1928
- Elevation: 11 m / 36 ft
- Coordinates: 15.1559, -23.2137
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,200 m / 3,937 ft
- Passengers: 10,286 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC-1 · Atlantic/Cape_Verde
- Website: http://www.asa.cv/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maio_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2011846
- Weather station: GVNP
- Ident: GVMA

## Timeline

- 1928: Maio Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 1,200 m / 3,937 ft |  | Asphalt |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 9,986 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 10,769 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 9,783 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 12,497 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 15,100 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 13,846 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 13,733 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 4,226 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 5,556 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 10,043 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 11,942 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 10,286 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [RAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gvnp.md) Nelson Mandela International Airport · Cape Verde · 38 km / 24 mi · Cabo Verde Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- VR [Cabo Verde Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cabo-verde-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 10K (2024) | #2,681 of 3,974 | #185 in Africa | #7 in CV |
| Longest runway | 1,200 m / 3,937 ft | =10,151 of 29,858 | =796 in Africa | =6 in CV |
| Elevation | 11 m / 36 ft | =40,035 of 43,403 | =2,998 in Africa | #8 in CV |
| Age | Opened 1928 | =323 of 15,079 | =7 in Africa | #1 in CV |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =1 in CV |

## Nearby airports

- [RAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gvnp.md) Nelson Mandela International Airport · 38 km / 23 mi
- [BVC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gvba.md) Aristides Pereira International Airport · 114 km / 71 mi
- [MTI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gvmt.md) Mosteiros Airport · 121 km / 75 mi
- [SFL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gvsf.md) São Filipe Airport · 139 km / 87 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: “Maio Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maio_Airport&oldid=1363056215), revision of 7 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/gvma/data