AviatDataAristides Pereira International Airport BVC / GVBA
Boa Vista · Cape Verde · Cabo Verde Airports, S.A. (VINCI Airports 70% / ANA - Aeroportos de Portugal 30%), under a 40-year concession for the 7-airport Cabo Verde network signed July 2023 (through 2063)
406kpax · 2025
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATAGVBA / BVC
OperatorCabo Verde Airports, S.A. (VINCI Airports 70% / ANA - Aeroportos de Portugal 30%), under a 40-year concession for the 7-airport Cabo Verde network signed July 2023 (through 2063)
Coordinates16.1375°N, 22.8894°W
Elevation85 ft · 26 m
Time zoneGMT-1 (UTC-1, no DST)
Passengers / yr406,000 (2025)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceGVBA - AIP Cabo Verde (AAC)
Operating hoursNot H24 - ATS/terminal hours are keyed to the scheduled and charter flight bank (mostly European tourist charters); estimate ~0600-2300 local. Confirm exact ATS watch hours via NOTAM/Cabo Verde AIP GVBA before off-schedule ops.
TerminalsSingle passenger terminal (opened 2007, expanded 2010, renamed for Aristides Pereira 19 Nov 2011), design throughput approx. 1,560 pax/hour; apron stands for up to 5 medium-capacity narrowbody aircraft
Runways (1)
- 03/21 · 2,100 m / 6,890 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt
Airport contact
Boa Vista's tourism-driven charter and scheduled traffic (European carriers/tour operators) is put at about 406,000 pax in 2025; this specific figure could not be independently confirmed - VINCI/Cabo Verde Airports reports only a network-wide 2025 total of 3.4M pax across all 7 airports, and Wikipedia's older data already showed BVC at 512,778 pax in 2017, so an unqualified 406,000 for 2025 implies a large decline and should be confirmed against ANAC/AAC or a VINCI per-airport breakdown before use. The 2,100 m runway and ~1,560 pax/hr terminal cap can bottleneck on peak widebody/narrowbody charter days. No BVC-specific phone/email is publicly published - route inquiries through the general Cabo Verde Airports channel on the operator website. Elevation is given per the operator's own airport page (26 m/85 ft, directly confirmed); Wikipedia cites 30 m/98 ft and OurAirports cites 21 m/69 ft - three disagreeing sources; verify against current AIP GVBA before precision ops planning. Operator/concession terms (VINCI 70% / ANA 30%, 40-year term from July 2023) corroborated by a second independent source describing the same concession.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 3 providers
Cabo Verde Handling, S.A. (CV Handling)
National ground handling agent operating across all seven Cabo Verde international airports, including Aristides Pereira/Boa Vista (GVBA/BVC), per its own site and confirmed independently by Cape Verdean press coverage of its 2025-2026 privatization (labour action, tender coverage) and Swissport's April 2026 share purchase; company states it is licensed by the Agência de Aviação Civil (AAC) and ISAGO-certified as the sole full-scope handler nationwide. cvhandling.cv is currently returning a placeholder/unavailable page, so station-level detail (a dedicated 'BOAVISTA' desk) could not be re-scraped - treat as previously observed, not freshly confirmed. Confirmed: ASA (the former state airport operator) sold a 51% stake in CV Handling to Swissport, completed by 29 Apr 2026 (multiple outlets: SAPO, Expresso das Ilhas, RTP, Balai Cabo Verde), with Swissport committing roughly EUR10.5m in investment over five years; Swissport's own announcement names Sal and Praia as initial hub-development priorities and does not single out Boa Vista.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Omni Handling
Ramp handling, servicing (interior/exterior cleaning, fuel arrangement), crew briefing and customs/immigration clearance for executive/business aviation, per Omni Handling's published service list, applied network-wide across its stations including the Boa Vista (GVBA) FBO inherited from Cabo Verde Express.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aviation Services Cabo Verde (AVS)
Provides airline local representation and ground-handling turnaround supervision at Boa Vista, one of only two AVS stations listed as 'full services' (the third, Praia, is 'representation only'), confirmed on avs.cv; serves carriers including TUI, COLT International and Jettime among the airlines AVS names as clients (also Hello, Luxair, Condor and Neos, not all necessarily routed via Boa Vista).
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
Available
ENACOL
Jet A-1 fuel supplier and into-plane fuelling agent at Aristides Pereira/Boa Vista Airport; confirmed directly on ENACOL's own aviation page, which states it maintains a properly trained fuelling team ('aeroabastecedores') and modern equipment at the new Boa Vista Airport, servicing commercial aviation to the same standard as at Sal's Amilcar Cabral airport. Fuel meets AFQRJOS/DEF STAN 91-91, ASTM D1655 and IATA Guidance Material Part III specifications; the team is stated as available 24 hours a day ('disponivel 24 sobre 24 horas'). · 24 hours
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
On request
Aviation Services Cabo Verde (AVS)
'Catering support' is listed among AVS's coordinated services for client airlines at its attended stations including Boa Vista; no dedicated in-house flight kitchen confirmed - appears to be sourcing/coordination rather than direct catering production.
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Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Unconfirmed
Cabo Verde Handling, S.A. (CV Handling)
Ground support equipment rental ('Aluguer de Equipamentos') is listed among CV Handling's nationwide services; specific availability at the Boa Vista station is not separately documented (company site unreachable to re-confirm station-level detail).
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Cargo handling
Available
Cabo Verde Handling, S.A. (CV Handling)
Cargo and mail handling ('Carga e Correio') is part of CV Handling's standard national service scope, offered at its full-scope stations including Boa Vista; a dedicated cargo terminal at BVC is not separately confirmed, and the volume is necessarily small given Boa Vista's charter-tourism traffic profile.
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Aviation security
Available
Cabo Verde Airports (VINCI Airports concession)
Airport operator: VINCI Airports (70%) with ANA-Aeroportos de Portugal (30%) has held the 40-year, 7-airport Cabo Verde concession since it took over operations on 24 July 2023, including Aristides Pereira/Boa Vista - independently confirmed by both this dataset's own BVC record (operator field) and multiple press reports (Aviation Week, Airport World, ECO, RFI). The concessionaire's site (caboverde-airports.cv) is consistent with self-provided airport security, standard practice for the operator of a concession airport, but a specific published security-policy document could not be directly re-confirmed via fetch. Separately, ASA (Aeroportos e Seguranca Aerea), the prior state airport operator, has continued divesting operational aviation roles - it also sold its 51% stake in ground handler CV Handling to Swissport in 2026 - consistent with ASA's remaining role being air-navigation services (it is documented managing the Sal Oceanic FIR) rather than airport operation.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Passenger & crew transport
On request · 2 providers
Cabo Verde Handling, S.A. (CV Handling)
'Crew support' is listed among CV Handling's national service scope covering all main Cape Verde airports including Boa Vista; unconfirmed whether this line item is physical crew transport specifically (vs. broader crew-handling logistics), and station-level detail could not be re-scraped.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aviation Services Cabo Verde (AVS)
'Crew transport & accommodation' is listed among AVS's company-wide services for the airlines it represents at its attended stations including Boa Vista; unconfirmed whether AVS operates transport directly or arranges it via local subcontractors, and whether 'accommodation' here means AVS itself contracts crew hotels (a distinct hotel-category service) or simply books them.
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Flight support
Available · 2 providers
Omni Handling
FBO/executive-aviation handler physically based at Boa Vista (GVBA), confirmed on Omni Handling's own network page ('Boa Vista / GVBA' listed under its 6 Africa stations) and by its own December 2024 announcement of acquiring Cabo Verde Express, its former Cape Verde distributor, which operated 'executive handling services' at four Cape Verde airports (Sal HQ, Praia, Boa Vista, Sao Vicente) since 1998. Part of the Stellair group (copyright holder on omnihandling.com).
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aviation Services Cabo Verde (AVS)
Acts as General Sales Agent / local airline representative at Boa Vista, including collection of revenue items, per AVS's own service list; HQ at Sal (Amilcar Cabral Airport) with Boa Vista explicitly listed as a full-service attended station.
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Hotel & travel
Not listed