Airports / Cape Verde / SID
Amílcar Cabral International Airport
GVAC / SIDEspargos, Cape VerdeELEV 177 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
36 nm
To the nearest alternate
Aristides Pereira International Airport (BVC).
Overview
Amílcar Cabral International Airport, listed as GVAC / SID, is a large commercial airport in Espargos, Cape Verde. The airport sits 177 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into SID for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Aristides Pereira International Airport (BVC, 36 nm), Preguiça Airport (SNE, 77 nm), and Maio Airport (MMO, 96 nm).
Charter pricing from SID depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Sal Island. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Espargos.
Field capability
ICAO
GVAC
IATA
SID
FAA / Local
GVAC
Elevation
177 ft
Coordinates
16.7414° N · 22.9494° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Cape Verde fields
state range 36–669 ft
At 177 ft, SID sits higher than 50% of the 6 Cape Verde fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 36nmBVCAristides Pereira International AirportRabil
- 77nmSNEPreguiça AirportPreguiça
- 96nmMMOMaio AirportVila do Maio
- 112nmRAINelson Mandela International AirportPraia
- 121nmVXECesaria Evora International AirportSão Pedro
- 338nmDKRLéopold Sédar Senghor International AirportDakar
Location
Open the full mapGVAC · Amílcar Cabral International Airport · Espargos, Cape Verde