Agostinho Neto Airport

For the airport in the Republic of the Congo, see Agostinho Neto International Airport

Agostinho Neto Airport
Aeroporto de Agostinho Neto
IATA: NTO – ICAO: GVAN
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner ASA
Operator TACV
Serves Ribeira-Grande, Praia, São Vicente, Sal
Location Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde
Closed late 2000s
Elevation AMSL 32 ft / 10 m
Coordinates 17°12′11″N 25°05′27″W / 17.203058°N 25.090874°W / 17.203058; -25.090874Coordinates: 17°12′11″N 25°05′27″W / 17.203058°N 25.090874°W / 17.203058; -25.090874
Map
GVAN

Location of Aeródromo Agostinho Neto/Ilha de São Antão in Cape Verde

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 1,476 450 Asphalt
Aeroporto Inactivo

The Agostinho Neto (Portuguese Aeroporto Agostinho Neto) (IATA: NTO, ICAO: GVAN) is an airport in Cape Verde located next to the town of Ponta do Sol, Cape Verde on the northern tip of the island of Santo Antão. The airport was named after Agostinho Neto, an Angolan politician. The airport was first constructed in the 1960s and adopted the name in the 1970s after independence. Because of dangerous crosswinds and weather that is often below VFR minima, the airport is closed since March 2007 and was until further notice, the island's airport would never be located at Ponta do Sol again. The island's airport service would be on São Vicente. Along with Brava, it is an island without its own airport.

In 2010, there were plans to revive the airport and surveying the area to locate it in a new safe location without crosswinds, its location around Porto Sul, 7 kilometers from Porto Novo[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Novo aeroporto de Santo Antão será em Ponte Sul, no Porto Novo" (in Portuguese). Neves Travel. 1 February 2010.
  2. ↑ "OJE. Apresentados estudos para localização novo aeroporto de Santo Antão, em Cabo Verde" [Several Studies on the New Airport's Location for Santo Antão, Cape Verde] (in Portuguese). OJE.

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