Cesaria Evora International Airport

ICAO GVSV16.8334°N 25.0553°W20 m / 66 ftLarge airport

Cesaria Evora International Airport (IATA: VXE, ICAO: GVSV) is a large airport in São Pedro, Barlavento Islands, Cape Verde. It opened in 1960. It has one runway, 2,000 m (6,561 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea. In 2024 it handled 301 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1960–1960

1960

OpenedCesaria Evora International Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

07/25054° / 234° · LIT

LENGTH2,000 m6,561 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2013–2024

218K

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266K

250K

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83K

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301K

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Routes

10 destinations · 6 countries

Year-round6

SIDAmílcar Cabral International AirportCape Verde · Cabo Verde Airlines224 km139 mi RAINelson Mandela International AirportCape Verde · Cabo Verde Airlines269 km167 mi LISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · easyJet, TAP Air Portugal, Cabo Verde Airlines2,889 km1,795 mi OPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · easyJet3,135 km1,948 mi CDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Cabo Verde Airlines4,359 km2,709 mi AMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · TUI fly Netherlands4,729 km2,938 mi

Seasonal4

NTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · Transavia France3,998 km2,484 mi ORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Transavia France4,327 km2,689 mi ZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Edelweiss Air4,582 km2,847 mi LUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair4,599 km2,858 mi

Most destinationsCabo Verde Airlines 4easyJet 2Transavia France 2TAP Air Portugal 1TUI fly Netherlands 1Edelweiss Air 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from VXE. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Cesária Évora Airport” (revision of 8 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers301K (2024)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,347of 3,974 · #88 Africa · #4 CV Longest runway2,000 m6,561 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,972of 29,823 · =461 Africa · #4 CV Elevation20 m66 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=38,288of 43,341 · =2,927 Africa · =6 CV AgeOpened 19602026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,584of 15,079 · #64 Africa · #4 CV Runways11 · 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

2 channels

APPSAO VICENTE APP118.400

TWRSAO VICENTE TWR118.400