# Preguiça Airport (SNE / GVSN)

**Preguiça Airport** (IATA: SNE, ICAO: GVSN) is a medium airport in Preguiça, Barlavento Islands, Cape Verde. It has one runway, 1,400 m (4,593 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea. In 2024 it handled 15 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SNE / GVSN
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea
- Serves: Preguiça, Barlavento Islands, Cape Verde
- Elevation: 204 m / 669 ft
- Coordinates: 16.5889, -24.2841
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,400 m / 4,593 ft
- Passengers: 15,342 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC-1 · Atlantic/Cape_Verde
- Website: http://www.asa.cv/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Nicolau_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1953794
- Ident: GVSN

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 1,400 m / 4,593 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 356° / 176° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 23,088 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 21,814 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 21,570 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 26,476 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 27,038 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 23,536 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 21,977 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 4,965 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 6,418 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 13,859 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 15,298 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 15,342 | Wikidata |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [VXE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gvsv.md) Cesaria Evora International Airport · Cape Verde · 87 km / 54 mi · Cabo Verde Airlines
- [SID](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gvac.md) Amílcar Cabral International Airport · Cape Verde · 143 km / 89 mi · Cabo Verde Airlines
- [RAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gvnp.md) Nelson Mandela International Airport · Cape Verde · 202 km / 126 mi · Cabo Verde Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- VR [Cabo Verde Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cabo-verde-airlines) · 3

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 15K (2024) | #2,531 of 3,974 | #171 in Africa | #6 in CV |
| Longest runway | 1,400 m / 4,593 ft | =7,798 of 29,858 | =708 in Africa | #5 in CV |
| Elevation | 204 m / 669 ft | =24,026 of 43,403 | #2,517 in Africa | #1 in CV |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =1 in CV |

## Nearby airports

- [VXE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gvsv.md) Cesaria Evora International Airport · 87 km / 54 mi
- [SID](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gvac.md) Amílcar Cabral International Airport · 143 km / 89 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “São Nicolau Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=São_Nicolau_Airport&oldid=1363131661), revision of 8 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/gvsn/data