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The airport's main runway is 3,272 m (10,734 ft) long and is the longest in Cape Verde. It is used for long-haul flights. It was also one of the designated emergency landing strips for the U.S. Space Shuttle. [15] The second runway is 1,500 m (4,921 ft) long and was used by small planes. It is now closed for traffic. [citation needed]
Praia Airport, which was opened to international flights in September 2005, caters mainly to the Cape Verdian diaspora; Sal Airport, which previously handled all international flights, currently serves mainly the tourist industry of Sal Island. In late 2009 the São Pedro Airport on the island of São Vicente became an international airport.
Aristides Pereira International Airport (Portuguese Aeroporto Internacional Aristides Pereira) (IATA: BVC, ICAO: GVBA) is an airport in Cape Verde located on the island of Boa Vista, about 5 km (3.1 mi) southeast of the island capital Sal Rei. It is the third-busiest airport in the country.
The first flight to the new airport was on 6 October 2005 with a flight from Sal. [3] Even though the airport serves the capital and largest city, Praia as well as the island of Santiago, Cape Verde's busiest international airport is Amílcar Cabral International Airport located on the smaller island of Sal. [2]
Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea (Portuguese for "Airports and Air Safety", acronym: ASA) is the operator of airports of Cape Verde. Its headquarter is in Espargos on the island of Sal . [ 1 ] It was founded as a state company on February 17, 1984, and was privatised to a Sociedade Anónima in 2001. [ 2 ]
It was expanded to be able to host international flights between 2005 and 2009. The airport was officially renamed after the highly acclaimed singer Cesária Évora in 2012. [ 4 ] It has a modern terminal of about 11,000 square metres (120,000 sq ft) and has the capacity to process about 500 passengers an hour.