Maio Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Aeroportos Segurança e Aérea (ASA) | ||||||||||
Serves | Vila do Maio | ||||||||||
Location | Maio, Cape Verde | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 36 ft / 11 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 15°9′20″N 23°12′50.04″W / 15.15556°N 23.2139000°WCoordinates: 15°9′20″N 23°12′50.04″W / 15.15556°N 23.2139000°W | ||||||||||
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The Maio Airport (Portuguese Aeroporto do Maio) (IATA: MMO, ICAO: GVMA) is an airport in Cape Verde located in the island of Maio, about 3 km north of the island capital Vila do Maio.
The airfield was opened in 1928 and was used by the Portuguese Air Force in its early years, in the 1990s, it became an airport. In 2012, it carried 16,125 passengers making it the seventh most used airport, in 2013, it was a third less with 10,544. In 2013, the annual air operations were 289 air operations and transported 12 tonnes of cargo.