Xandu (2008), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Name
Praia International Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
GVNP / RAI / GVNP
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
11:40 am (CVT)
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Municipality
Praia
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Coordinates
14° 55′ 28″ N 23° 29′ 36″ E
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Elevation
324 ft (99 m MSL)
About Praia International Airport
Francisco Mendes International Airport (IATA: RAI, ICAO: GVFM) was an airport located on Santiago Island in Cape Verde. It was opened in 1961. It was located about 2 km (1.2 mi) east of central Praia in the southeastern part of the island of Santiago. After Cape Verdean independence, the airport was named after Francisco Mendes, a Guinea-Bissau independence activist and that country's first Prime Minister.
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