AirportsAmílcar Cabral International Airport is a large airport serving Espargos, in Barlavento Islands, Cape Verde. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SID.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SID
- ICAO code
- GVAC
- City
- Espargos
- State or region
- Barlavento Islands
- Country
- Cape Verde
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 16.7414° N, 22.9494° W
- Elevation
- 54 m (177 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,280 m (10,760 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SID means Amílcar Cabral International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: GVAC. ICAO codes that begin with G belong to West Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 16.7414° N, 22.9494° W. It stands 54 metres (177 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Atlantic/Cape Verde, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Amílcar Cabral International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,280 metres (10,760 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 7 airports of Cape Verde on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 1.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 3,280 m 10,760 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aristides Pereira International AirportRabil | BVC | 68 km |
| Preguiça AirportPreguiça | SNE | 143 km |
| Maio AirportVila do Maio | MMO | 179 km |
| Nelson Mandela International AirportPraia | RAI | 208 km |
| Cesaria Evora International AirportSão Pedro | VXE | 224 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 10,065 km | 12 h 40 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,992 km | 12 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 8,078 km | 10 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 4,343 km | 5 h 45 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 5,528 km | 7 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,464 km | 11 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 13,861 km | 17 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 13,923 km | 17 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 18,014 km | 22 h 10 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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