Osvaldo Vieira International Airport
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| Osvaldo Vieira International Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: OXB – ICAO: GGOV | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | N/A | ||
| Location | Bissau | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 129 ft / 39 m | ||
| Coordinates | 11°53′42″N 15°39′13″W / 11.895°N 15.65361°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 03/21 | 10,499 | 3,200 | Asphalt |
Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (IATA: OXB, ICAO: GGOV) is an airport that serves the city of Bissau, the capital city of Guinea-Bissau. It is the only international airport in the country.
Osvaldo Vieira International Airport has one runway, heading 03/21, with a length of 10,498 feet (3200 m). The altitude of this runway is 127 feet (39 m). This runway is also the one of the three in Guinea-Bissau that are paved. There is currently only one intercontinental route, flown three times a week to Lisbon, Portugal.
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 TAP Portugal plane carrying Prime Minister Francisco Fadul, along with numerous other dignitaries from both Portugal and Guinea-Bissau, landed at Osvaldo Vieira.[citation needed]
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Mahfooz Aviation (Banjul)
- TACV (Sal, Dakar)
- TAP Portugal (Lisbon)
[edit] External links
- Airport information for GGOV at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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