Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 66 ft / 20 m Elevation 20 m | Code VXE Phone +238 230 06 02 | |
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Operator Aeroportos Segurança Aérea (ASA) Hub for TACV Cabo Verde Airlines Similar Foya Branca, Universid Lusófona, Don Paco Hotel, Mindel Hotel, Garantia | ||
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.
History
The airport was inaugurated in 1960. The airport was officially renamed after the highly acclaimed singer Cesária Évora on March 8, 2012.
In 2013, the annual passenger number was 218,416, it also had 3,667 air operations and transported 612 tonnes of cargo.
Work began in 2005 to turn Cesária Évora Airport (then São Pedro Airport) into an international airport. On December 22, 2009 the Cesária Évora Airport became the newest international airport in Cape Verde, it was opened by the then Prime Minister José Maria Neves, along with Manuel Inocêncio Sousa the minister of Infrastructure, Transportation and Telecommunications and Isaura Gomes, president of the São Vicente, thousands visited the reopening. 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.