Francisco Mendes International Airport serves Praia, CV.
Francisco Mendes International Airport (IATA: RAI, ICAO: GVFM) was located about 2 km east of central Praia, Cape Verde, and operated from 1961 until its closure on October 6, 2005. It was replaced by the new Praia International Airport (now Nelson Mandela International Airport), which opened on October 23, 2005. The airport was named after Francisco Mendes, a Guinea-Bissau independence activist and the country's first Prime Minister. The site is now defunct, with no current airport operations.
*Sources researched: en.wikipedia.org, ikidata.org, ourairports.com, caboverde-airports.cv*
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Where is Francisco Mendes International Airport located?
Francisco Mendes International Airport is located in Praia, CV, at an elevation of 229 ft. Its IATA code is — and ICAO code is CV-0001.