Aristides Pereira International Airport guide

Aristides Pereira International Airport lies on Boa Vista, the easternmost of Cape Verde's tourist islands, about 5 km southeast of the island capital Sal Rei. It grew out of the small Rabil aerodrome. A rebuilding project ran from 2005 and the airport was inaugurated as an international gateway on 31 October 2007. It took its present name, after the country's first president, on 19 November 2011.

The airport is the third busiest in Cape Verde, behind Sal and Praia. Traffic is mostly European leisure charter and scheduled flying to the island's beach resorts. TUI companies, Neos, Transavia, easyJet, TAP Air Portugal and Edelweiss connect it with cities in Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Portugal and Switzerland, with many routes running seasonally.

The single asphalt runway, 03/21, is 2,100 m long and 45 m wide. The airport can park five medium-sized aircraft at once and process about 1,560 passengers an hour. Cabo Verde Airports, a VINCI Airports concession, has run it since July 2023, and its master plan includes a 400 m runway extension for night operations and a larger passenger terminal.