Amílcar Cabral International Airport
Airport in Sal, Cape Verde / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Sal Airport" redirects here. For the airport with IATA code SAL, see Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport.
Amílcar Cabral International Airport (IATA: SID, ICAO: GVAC), 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.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Vinci Airports[1] | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Espargos | ||||||||||||||
Location | Sal, Cape Verde | ||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 54 m / 177 ft | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 16°44′33″N 022°56′53″W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Sources: World Aero Data[2] |
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