Large Airport
IATA: RAI ICAO: GVNP

Nelson Mandela International Airport

Praia, CV

About This Airport

Francisco Mendes International Airport

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.

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Francisco Mendes International Airport

Basic Information

GVNP

RAI

CV

CV-S

Praia

230 ft

Location

Latitude 14.941126
Longitude -23.484728

Flight Information