Osvaldo Vieira International Airport
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Coordinates | 11°53′42″N 15°39′13″W / 11.89500°N 15.65361°W | ||||||||||
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Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (IATA: OXB, ICAO: GGOV), also known as Bissau-Bissalanca Airport, is an international airport that serves the city of Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau, as well as the Metropolitan Region of Bissau. It is the only international airport in the country.[1]
It is located in the Bissalanca district, in the city-sector of Safim, which is conurbated to Bissau.
Name
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History
Before 1955, the city of Bissau depended mainly on the (now abandoned) Bolama airport, which was close to the town of Bolama, the colonial capital of Guinea until 1941. Travellers landing there still needed to take ferries to get to Bissau.
The airport was opened in May 1955 receiving the name "Francisco Craveiro Lopes Airport", precisely during the visit of this Portuguese president. Despite its official name, it was generally called "Bissalanca Airport".[2]
Between 1961 and 1965, already during the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence, it was transformed into Base Aerodrome No. 2 (AB2), and; between 1965 and 1974 at Air Base No. 12 (BA12), of the Portuguese Air Force.
The airport had to be closed on June 7, 1998 due to intense fighting in and around Bissau. It was officially reopened in July 1999 when a
On December 10, 2013, TAP Portugal suspended operations to Osvaldo Vieira International Airport after local police forces threatened the crew of Flight TP202 bound for
Facilities
Osvaldo Vieira International Airport has one runway, heading 03/21, with a length of 3,200 metres (10,500 feet). The altitude of this runway is 39 m (128 ft). This runway is also one of the three in Guinea-Bissau that are paved.
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
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Air Côte d'Ivoire[6] | Abidjan, Dakar–Diass |
Air Senegal | Dakar–Diass[7] |
Lomé[8]
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Cabo Verde Airlines | Praia |
Lisbon
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Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca, Praia |
Lisbon
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Transair | Dakar–Diass |
See also
References
- ^ a b Apresentação. Aeroporto Internacional de Bissau. 2019.
- ^ Silva, António E. Duarte. Guiné-Bissau: a causa do nacionalismo e a fundação do PAIGC. Caderno de Estudos Africanos, 2006. p. 142-167.
- ^ "List of airports in Guinea-Bissau". Archived from the original on February 7, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
- ^ Oliveira, Mariana; Henriques, Ana; Ribeiro, Nuno (2013-12-12). "SEF despista eventuais radicais entre sírios que entraram em Portugal com passaportes falsos" [Portugal's Foreigner and Frontier Service tracks eventual radicals among Syrians who entered the country with false passports]. Público (in Portuguese). Lisbon. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
- ^ "Portugal's euroAtlantic secures Guinea-Bissau contract". CH Aviation. Chur, Switzerland. 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
- ^ "Air Cote d'Ivoire Adds Bissau; Increases Dakar Service mid-May 2022". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "Air Senegal outlines proposed regional network from late-Sep 2018". routesonline.com. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "ASKY AIRLINES". Flyasky.com. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ "Voos Directos Guiné Bissau a partir de Lisboa - Fly euroAtlantic". flyeuroatlantic.pt. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ "TAP – Air Portugal resumes flights to Guinea-Bissau". Macauhub.com.mo. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2018.