NAME
Espargos Amilcar Cabral International Airport
IDENTIFIER
SID/GVAC
SERVES
Espargos
OPERATOR
Aeroportos Segurança Aérea (ASA)
PUBLIC/PRIVATE
Public
LOCAL TIME
19. Sep 14:41
UTC-01
DESCRIPTION
Amílcar Cabral International Airport, also known as Sal International Airport, is the main international airport of Cape Verde. The airport is named after the revolutionary leader Amílcar Cabral. It is located two km west-southwest from Espargos on Sal Island. Sal is the main hub for the national airline, Cabo Verde Airlines; and serves as a base for carrier Cabo Verde Express. This airport was also one of NASA's locations for a facility to handle the Space Shuttle after reentering from orbit.
SOURCE: Wikipedia
RUNWAYS
| IDENTIFIER |
Length (m/ft) |
SURFACE |
| 01/19
|
3,272/10,735 |
Paved |
| 07/25
|
1,500/4,921 |
Paved |