OXBGGOV

Osvaldo Vieira International Airport

Bissau, Guinea-Bissau · Africa

Africa Africa/Bissau

6direct destinations

6airlines

1runway

3,200 mLongest runway

Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (IATA: OXB, ICAO: GGOV), also known as Bissau-Bissalanca Airport, is an international airport that serves the city of Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau, as well as the Metropolitan Region of Bissau. It is the only international airport in the country. It is located in the Bissalanca district, in the city-sector of Safim, which is conurbated to Bissau.

Location

11.894°N, 15.654°O · 39 m s. n. m. (129 ft)

General data

CountryGuinea-Bissau

CityBissau

IATA codeOXB

ICAO codeGGOV

Coordinates11.894°N, 15.654°O

Elevation39 m s. n. m. (129 ft)

Time zoneAfrica/Bissau

Runways1

Longest runway3,200 m

Direct destinations6

Official website

Runways · 1

03/21

Length3,200 m10,499 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 2

Tower

124.300

Approach

123.900

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

History

Before 1955, the city of Bissau depended mainly on the (now abandoned) Bolama airport, which was close to the town of Bolama, the colonial capital of Guinea until 1941. Travellers landing there still needed to take ferries to get to Bissau.

The airport was opened in May 1955 receiving the name "Francisco Craveiro Lopes Airport", precisely during the visit of this Portuguese president. Despite its official name, it was generally called "Bissalanca Airport".

Between 1961 and 1965, already during the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence, it was transformed into Base Aerodrome No. 2 (AB2), and; between 1965 and 1974 at Air Base No. 12 (BA12), of the Portuguese Air Force.

The airport had to be closed on 7 June 1998 due to intense fighting in and around Bissau. It was officially reopened in July 1999 when a TAP Portugal plane carrying Prime Minister Francisco Fadul, along with numerous other dignitaries from both Portugal and Guinea-Bissau, landed at Osvaldo Vieira.

On 10 December 2013, TAP Portugal suspended operations to Osvaldo Vieira International Airport after local police forces threatened the crew of Flight TP202 bound for Lisbon and forced the crew to board 74 Syrian refugees who had arrived in Bissau via Morocco and Turkey, and who were holding forged Turkish passports. After TAP Portugal suspended flights to Bissau in late 2013, the airport remained without flights to Lisbon until late October 2014, when euroAtlantic Airways announced a weekly flight between Bissau and Lisbon. However, TAP announced in August 2016 it would resume flights to Bissau by the end of the year.

Airlines operating here · 6

Other airlines with direct routes

Air Côte d'Ivoire Turkish Airlines Asky Airlines EuroAtlantic Airways Royal Air Maroc TAP Air Portugal

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (OXB). Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/OXB

MLA

“Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (OXB).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/OXB. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (OXB). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/OXB (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_oxb,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Osvaldo Vieira International Airport (OXB)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/OXB},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/OXB}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-18},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-18}
}

Wikipedia

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