Arrivals
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SID
Airport information
Amílcar Cabral International Airport
Espargos, Cape VerdeIATA: SIDICAO: GVAC
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Departures
Live departure times, status, terminal and gate are on the departures page.
Live radar
Live radar around the airport
View current aircraft positions around this airport and find a flight directly on the map.
The runways at this airport
What do the colors mean?
- No traffic seen The runway is there, but we see nothing on it right now.
- Arriving traffic Aircraft are descending toward this runway right now.
- Departing traffic Aircraft are climbing out from this runway right now.
- Direction unknown It says “in use now” without an arrow: we see traffic, but the aircraft does not report whether it is climbing or descending.
The white arrow on the runway points the way the traffic is going. Derived from the positions of aircraft flying low near the airport right now. Not an official runway plan; what we see.
Designation, direction and length of every runway. These rarely change; which one is in use right now shows up here whenever we observe traffic.
1 runway · Longest runway: 10,761 ft
- 01/1910,760 ft · heading 178/358 degrees
We currently see no traffic on approach or just after takeoff. That happens at a quiet airport or in the middle of the night.
Runway data: OurAirports, public domain.
Fly direct
Direct destinations
The destinations we know the most flight numbers for. That approximates how heavily a route is served; it is not a passenger count.
LISPortugal
Lisbon
- Distance
- 1,737 mi
- Estimated duration
- 3h 29m
- Airlines
Cabo Verde Airlines · easyJet Europe · +1
Cabo Verde Airlines · easyJet Europe · TAP Air Portugal
OPOPortugal
Porto
- Distance
- 1,894 mi
- Estimated duration
- 3h 51m
- Airlines
easyJet Europe · Enter Air · +1
easyJet Europe · Enter Air · TAP Air Portugal
VCPBrazil
Campinas
- Distance
- 3,196 mi
- Estimated duration
- 6h 20m
- Airlines
Galistair · LATAM Cargo Brasil · +1
Galistair · LATAM Cargo Brasil · LATAM Cargo Chile
LGWUnited Kingdom
London
- Distance
- 2,687 mi
- Estimated duration
- 5h 14m
- Airlines
- easyJet · TUI Airways
Airports nearby
Other airports within reach, with the straight-line distance and the number of direct destinations we know of. Airports without scheduled service are left out.
- DiassBlaise Diagne International AirportDSS416 mi33 destinations
- BanjulBanjul International AirportBJL481 mi11 destinations
- Sta Cruz de la PalmaLa Palma AirportSPC885 mi19 destinations
- Gran CanariaGran Canaria AirportLPA911 mi29 destinations
- TenerifeTenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna AirportTFN914 mi23 destinations
Airport facts
Practical information
- Full name
- Amílcar Cabral International Airport
- City and country
- Espargos, Cape Verde
- IATA / ICAO
- SID / GVAC
- Time zone
- Atlantic/Cape_Verde
- Category
- Major airport