Airports / Cape Verde / BVC
Aristides Pereira International Airport
GVBA / BVCRabil, Cape VerdeELEV 69 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
36 nm
To the nearest alternate
Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID).
Overview
Located in Rabil, Cape Verde, Aristides Pereira International Airport (GVBA / BVC) operates as a large commercial airport. The field lies at an elevation of 69 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
BVC has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID, 36 nm), Maio Airport (MMO, 62 nm), and Nelson Mandela International Airport (RAI, 80 nm).
Quotes for flights out of BVC vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Boa Vista Island. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from BVC, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
GVBA
IATA
BVC
FAA / Local
GVBA
Elevation
69 ft
Coordinates
16.1365° N · 22.8889° 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 69 ft, BVC sits lower 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.
- 36nmSIDAmílcar Cabral International AirportEspargos
- 62nmMMOMaio AirportVila do Maio
- 80nmRAINelson Mandela International AirportPraia
- 85nmSNEPreguiça AirportPreguiça
- 132nmVXECesaria Evora International AirportSão Pedro
- 324nmDKRLéopold Sédar Senghor International AirportDakar
Location
Open the full mapGVBA · Aristides Pereira International Airport · Rabil, Cape Verde