Cape Verde · Praia, Santiago Island

Praia International Airport (RAI)

A working profile of Praia International Airport in Praia, Santiago Island, Cape Verde: identifiers, location, the destinations served by scheduled flights, and the airlines that operate there.

RAIIATA
GVNPICAO
15Destinations on file
6Operating airlines
17Departures on file

Quick facts

  • Full name: Praia International Airport
  • Serves: Praia, Santiago Island, Cape Verde
  • Coordinates: 14.9245, -23.4935
  • Elevation: 230 ft
  • Time zone: Atlantic/Cape_Verde

Praia International Airport sits inside the air network of Cape Verde. It shows 17 distinct scheduled departures across 15 destinations and 6 operating carriers in the OpenFlights routes table. Whether it works as a primary hub, a focus city, or a regional feeder depends on the size of those numbers. The bigger they get, the more likely the airport supports connecting traffic on top of its point-to-point passengers.

Destinations from RAI

Destinations are listed in order of how many distinct airline codes serve them. Click any code for the destination's own airport profile, or jump to the dedicated route page.

Airport profile data
IATADestinationCityCountryRouteOperators
DKR Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport Dakar Senegal RAI→DKR 2
LIS Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) Lisbon Portugal RAI→LIS 2
BJL Banjul International Airport Banjul Gambia RAI→BJL 1
CMN Mohammed V International Airport Casablanca Morocco RAI→CMN 1
OXB Osvaldo Vieira International Airport Bissau Guinea-Bissau RAI→OXB 1
TMS São Tomé International Airport Sao Tome Sao Tome and Principe RAI→TMS 1
LPA Gran Canaria Airport Gran Canaria Spain RAI→LPA 1
BOS General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport Boston United States RAI→BOS 1
BVC Rabil Airport Boa Vista Cape Verde RAI→BVC 1
CDG Charles de Gaulle International Airport Paris France RAI→CDG 1
FOR Pinto Martins International Airport Fortaleza Brazil RAI→FOR 1
MMO Maio Airport Maio Cape Verde RAI→MMO 1
SFL São Filipe Airport Sao Filipe, Fogo Island Cape Verde RAI→SFL 1
SID Amílcar Cabral International Airport Amilcar Cabral Cape Verde RAI→SID 1
VXE São Pedro Airport Sao Vicente Island Cape Verde RAI→VXE 1

Airlines operating at RAI

Carriers ranked by the number of routes they file from this airport.

Airport profile data (section 2)
IATAAirlineCountryRoutes from RAI
VR TACV Portugal 10
AT Royal Air Maroc Morocco 3
DN Senegal Airlines Senegal 1
DT TAAG Angola Airlines Angola 1
NT Binter Canarias Spain 1
TP TAP Portugal Portugal 1

Inbound origin airports

Where flights into RAI typically originate, ranked by the number of operators on file.

Airport profile data (section 3)
IATAOrigin airportCityCountryOperators
DKR Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport Dakar Senegal 2
LIS Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) Lisbon Portugal 2
BJL Banjul International Airport Banjul Gambia 1
CMN Mohammed V International Airport Casablanca Morocco 1
OXB Osvaldo Vieira International Airport Bissau Guinea-Bissau 1
TMS São Tomé International Airport Sao Tome Sao Tome and Principe 1
LPA Gran Canaria Airport Gran Canaria Spain 1
BOS General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport Boston United States 1
BVC Rabil Airport Boa Vista Cape Verde 1
CDG Charles de Gaulle International Airport Paris France 1
FOR Pinto Martins International Airport Fortaleza Brazil 1
MMO Maio Airport Maio Cape Verde 1
SFL São Filipe Airport Sao Filipe, Fogo Island Cape Verde 1
SID Amílcar Cabral International Airport Amilcar Cabral Cape Verde 1
VXE São Pedro Airport Sao Vicente Island Cape Verde 1

How to read this page

The destinations table is the core of an airport profile. It tells you, at a glance, where you can fly directly from RAI on a published schedule. The "operators" column doesn't measure frequency. It measures how many distinct airline codes file the route. So a "3" means three different carriers list RAI to that destination, even if one of them runs the route many times a day while the others only manage it weekly. For practical trip planning, use the table as a starting list and confirm the airline's own schedule for your travel dates.

The airline list shows which carriers treat RAI as part of their network. Many will be foreign carriers running one or two flights, while a handful will use the airport as a base. To see where those carriers fly elsewhere, click through to any airline page. Each airline profile includes a route sample drawn from the same dataset.