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Aristides Pereira International Airport

Rabil, Cape Verde

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GVBA

Elevation

69 ft

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The Essence of Aristides Pereira International Airport

BVC

Location

Rabil · B · Cape Verde

Connectivity

12 routes · 6 destinations

Position

16.136°, -22.889° · 69 ft elev.

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Cape Verde's gateway to the island of Boa Vista.

Opened

2007

Location

Rabil, Cape Verde

Aristides Pereira International Airport, designated by the IATA code BVC and ICAO code GVBA, serves the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde. Located near the town of Rabil, it is the primary entry point for tourists visiting Boa Vista, one of the most popular holiday destinations in the archipelago. The airport is named after Aristides Pereira, the first President of Cape Verde, who served from 1975 to 1991. It handles a significant volume of charter and scheduled international flights, particularly from European destinations, reflecting the island's status as a sun-and-beach tourism hub. The airport has undergone expansions to accommodate growing tourist traffic and can handle wide-body aircraft. It plays a critical economic role for Boa Vista, which relies heavily on tourism as its main industry.

Terminals

The airport operates a single passenger terminal designed to handle both charter and scheduled international flights.

Getting to & from

Taxis and hotel transfer shuttles are the primary means of ground transport connecting the airport to resorts and towns on Boa Vista, as public bus service is limited.

Airlines here

Airlines serving BVC include TUI, easyJet, Jet2, and TACV (Cabo Verde Airlines), with heavy emphasis on European charter carriers.

Notable facts

›Named after Aristides Pereira, Cape Verde's first post-independence president.
›Located approximately 4 km from the town of Rabil on Boa Vista island.
›Primarily serves European charter flights, especially from the UK, Germany, and Portugal.
›Boa Vista's economy is heavily tourism-dependent, making this airport critical to the island.
›The airport can accommodate wide-body aircraft such as the Boeing 767 and Airbus A330.

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Route map (6 destinations)

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Airlines serving this airport

Routes

BVC → SIDLG · 73W

BVC → SIDSE · 738

BVC → MANTO · 75W

BVC → BHXTO · 75W

BVC → LGWTO · 75W

BVC → BHXTOM · 75W

BVC → MANTOM · 75W

BVC → LISTP · 320

BVC → RAIVR · AT7

BVC → LISVR · 738

BVC → SIDVR · AT7

BVC → SIDX3 · 73H

Aircraft operating here

75W5 routes Boeing 737-8002 routes Aerospatiale/Alenia ATR 722 routes 73W1 routes Airbus A3201 routes 73H1 routes

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Encyclopaedia

Aristides Pereira International Airport 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.

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