Airport type Public Location Maio, Cape Verde 02/20 3,924 Code MMO | Serves Vila do Maio Elevation AMSL 36 ft / 11 m Elevation 11 m Phone +238 255 11 08 | |
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Operator Aeroportos Segurança e Aérea (ASA) Address Ilha do Maio Porto Ingles, 43, Cape Verde Similar Porto Inglês, Hotel Bom Sossego, Pestana Tropico Hotel, Pestana Trópico, Palm Beach Resort | ||
The Maio Airport (Portuguese Aeroporto do Maio) (IATA: MMO, ICAO: GVMA) is an airport in Cape Verde located in the island of Maio, about 3 km north of the island capital Vila do Maio.
History
The airfield was opened in 1928 and was used by the Portuguese Air Force in its early years, in the 1990s, it became an airport. In 2012, it carried 16,125 passengers making it the seventh most used airport, in 2013, it was a third less with 10,544. In 2013, the annual air operations were 289 air operations and transported 12 tonnes of cargo.
References
Maio Airport Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA