Cesaria Evora International Airport
Cesaria Evora International Airport
Cesária Évora Airport (Portuguese Aeroporto Internacional Cesária Évora) (IATA: VXE, ICAO: GVSV) is Cape Verde's fourth-busiest airport (after Sal, Praia, and Boa Vista), located on the island of São Vicente, nearly 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the centre of Mindelo. It is located in the valley area in the west of the island and is north of the village of São Pedro. Its runway is 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) long and its width is 45 metres (148 ft)
Location
16.833°N, 25.055°O · 20 m s. n. m. (66 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 1
Tower
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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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
The airport was constructed in 1959–1960. It was expanded to be able to host international flights between 2005 and 2009. The airport was officially renamed after the highly acclaimed singer Cesária Évora in 2012. It has a modern terminal of about 11,000 square metres (120,000 ft2) and has the capacity to process about 500 passengers an hour. 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.
Airlines operating here · 8
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Cesaria Evora International Airport (VXE). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VXE
MLA
“Cesaria Evora International Airport (VXE).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VXE. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
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Harvard
Vuelopedia (2026) Cesaria Evora International Airport (VXE). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VXE (Accessed: 24 October 2026).
BibTeX
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author = {{Vuelopedia}},
title = {{Cesaria Evora International Airport (VXE)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VXE},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VXE}},
urldate = {2026-10-24},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}Wikipedia
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