São Filipe Airport

São Filipe Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorVinci Airports[1]
ServesSão Filipe
LocationFogo, Cape Verde
Elevation AMSL170 m / 558 ft
Coordinates14°52′58.8″N 24°28′48″W / 14.883000°N 24.48000°W / 14.883000; -24.48000
Websitewww.caboverde-airports.cv
Map
SFL is located in Cape Verde
SFL
SFL
Location in Cape Verde
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 1,350 4,429 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passengers72949
Aircraft Operations1418
Metric tonnes of cargo20.6[2]

São Filipe Airport (Portuguese: Aeródromo de São Filipe, also: Aeródromo do Fogo) (IATA: SFL, ICAO: GVSF) is Cape Verde's fifth most-used airport, located in the island of Fogo. It is located 2 km southeast of the town of São Filipe, near the Atlantic Ocean. It is used for domestic flights only.

The airport was completed in 1997,[3] replacing a smaller airfield at the same location. Its runway measures 1,350 metres (4,430 ft) by 30 metres (98 ft) wide. The maximum single-wheel load is 20 tonnes.[3]

In July 2023 Vinci Airports finalized a financial arrangement to take over seven airports in Cape Verde under a concession agreement signed with the island country’s government. The company will be responsible for the funding, operation, maintenance, extension and modernization of the airports for 40 years, alongside its subsidiary ANA-Aeroportos de Portugal, which holds 30% of the concession company Cabo Verde Airports.[1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Cabo Verde Airlines[4] Praia, Sal

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at SFL airport. See Wikidata query.
Year Passengers Operations Cargo (t)
2012 74,408 - -
2013[5] 62,088 1,756 54
2016[2] 55,168 1,052 25.6
2017[2] 72,949 1,418 20.6

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "VINCI Takes Over Seven Cape Verde Airports". aviationweek.com. 2023-07-25. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  2. ^ a b c "Boletim Estatístico de Tráfego – Ano 2017" (PDF) (in Portuguese). ASA. January 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b Aeródromo do Fogo, Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea (in Portuguese)
  4. ^ "Flight Schedule". caboverdeairlines.com.
  5. ^ "Relative Statistics in Airports" (PDF) (in Portuguese). ASA. 1 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2014.