AirportsOsvaldo Vieira International Airport is a large airport serving Bissau, in Bissau Autonomous Sector, Guinea-Bissau. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is OXB.
Key facts
- IATA code
- OXB
- ICAO code
- GGOV
- City
- Bissau
- State or region
- Bissau Autonomous Sector
- Country
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 11.8943° N, 15.6536° W
- Elevation
- 39 m (129 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,200 m (10,499 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, OXB means Osvaldo Vieira International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: GGOV. ICAO codes that begin with G belong to West Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 11.8943° N, 15.6536° W. It stands 39 metres (129 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Africa/Bissau, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Osvaldo Vieira International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,200 metres (10,499 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 3,200 m 10,499 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ziguinchor AirportZiguinchor, Senegal | ZIG | 100 km |
| Cap Skirring AirportCap Skirring, Senegal | CSK | 131 km |
| Banjul International AirportBanjul (Yundum), Gambia | BJL | 194 km |
| Ahmed Sékou Touré International AirportConakry, Guinea | CKY | 341 km |
| Blaise Diagne International AirportDakar, Senegal | DSS | 345 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 9,642 km | 12 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,425 km | 11 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 7,554 km | 9 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 4,610 km | 6 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,476 km | 8 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,416 km | 13 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 13,190 km | 16 h 25 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 14,141 km | 17 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 17,223 km | 21 h 15 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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