Francisco Mendes International Airport

Praia, Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde

Also known as: RAI GVFM

Closed Airport

Timezone Atlantic/Cape_Verde

Local Time —

Elevation 229 ft (70 m)

Coordinates 14.9261°N, 23.4948°W

CV-0001 is the ICAO airport code for Francisco Mendes International Airport, located in Praia, Cape Verde. The airport is classified as a Closed Airport. It operates in the Atlantic/Cape_Verde timezone at an elevation of 229 ft (70 m) above sea level.

About Francisco Mendes International Airport

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Francisco Mendes International Airport was an airport located on Santiago Island in Cape Verde. It was opened in 1961. It was located about 2 km (1.2 mi) east of central Praia in the southeastern part of the island of Santiago. After Cape Verdean independence, the airport was named after Francisco Mendes, a Guinea-Bissau independence activist and that country's first Prime Minister.