Cesária Évora Airport

For the airport serving São Pedro, Brazil, see São Pedro Airport (Brazil).

Cesária Évora Airport Aeroporto Internacional Cesária Évora
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IATA: VXE – ICAO: GVSV
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Aeroportos Segurança Aérea (ASA)
Serves	Mindelo
Location	São Vicente, Cape Verde
Hub for	TACV Cabo Verde Airlines
Elevation AMSL	66 ft / 20 m
Coordinates
Website	caboverde.com
Map
VXE Location in Cape Verde
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 07/25 6,480 1,975 Asphalt

Cesária Évora Airport (Portuguese Aeroporto Internacional Cesária Évora) (IATA: VXE, ICAO: GVSV) is Cape Verde's third most-used airport located in the island of São Vicente, located nearly 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the centre of Mindelo. It is located in the valley area in the west of the island and is north of the village of São Pedro.

Construction

The airport was inaugurated in 1960. Work began in 2005 to turn Cesária Évora Airport into an international airport. On December 22, 2009 the Cesária Évora Airport became the newest international airport in Cape Verde. It has a modern terminal of about 11,000 square meters and has the capacity to process about 500 passengers an hour. The runway, at 1,975 meters long and 45 meters wide, is illuminated.

The airport was officially renamed after the highly acclaimed singer Cesária Évora on March 8, 2012.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
TACV	Praia, Sal, Lisbon and Paris-Charles de Gaulle.
TAP Portugal	Lisbon
Transavia	Seasonal: Amsterdam

See also

• List of airports in Cape Verde

External links

• Cesária Évora International Airport
• TACV website

References

• Airport information for GVSV at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.