AirportsPreguiça Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Preguiça, in Barlavento Islands, Cape Verde. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SNE.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SNE
- ICAO code
- GVSN
- City
- Preguiça
- State or region
- Barlavento Islands
- Country
- Cape Verde
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 16.5889° N, 24.2841° W
- Elevation
- 204 m (669 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,400 m (4,593 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SNE means Preguiça Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: GVSN. ICAO codes that begin with G belong to West Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 16.5889° N, 24.2841° W. It stands 204 metres (669 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Mindelo, about 81 km away in a straight line.
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
Preguiça Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,400 metres (4,593 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 7 airports of Cape Verde on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 5.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 1,400 m 4,593 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cesaria Evora International AirportSão Pedro | VXE | 87 km |
| Amílcar Cabral International AirportEspargos | SID | 143 km |
| Aristides Pereira International AirportRabil | BVC | 157 km |
| São Filipe AirportSão Filipe | SFL | 191 km |
| Maio AirportVila do Maio | MMO | 196 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 10,196 km | 12 h 45 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 10,131 km | 12 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 8,216 km | 10 h 25 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 4,414 km | 5 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 5,430 km | 7 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,355 km | 11 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 14,003 km | 17 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 13,979 km | 17 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 18,032 km | 22 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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