ASA-Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea
 Logo of ASA at São Vicente's airport now known as Cesária Évora Airport | |
| Founded | February 17, 1984 |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Location | |
| Website | Official website |
Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea, abbreviation: ASA (Portuguese for the Airports and Air Safety) is a Capeverdean operator of airports based in Espargos in the island of Sal, Cape Verde. Its current president is Sandro Semedo Brito.
Its logo is in a form of a seal with a thick white rim with the abbreviation on top and the operator name on the bottom, inside is a blue circle with a plane wing colored grey.
The organization was founded on February 17, 1984. It promotes development and support of public service of civil aviation, even air traffic, passenger services, cargo transport, related services to its infrastructure and air navigation in all the airports and airfields that operate and the info on its air space controlled at Centro Controlo Oceânico do Sal (Sal Oceanic Control Center/Centre).
It operates seven of the country's thirteen airports. There are three radars monitoring air traffic, in Monte Curral near Espargos in Sal, Monte Tchota (or Txota) near Rui Vaz in southcentral Santiago and Pedro Rachada in the island of Santo Antão near Cova and Corda.
Airports
The passenger data were of the year 2012.
| Airport | Island | IATA code | ICAO code | Total Passengers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amílcar Cabral International Airport | Sal | SID | GVAC | 599,641 |
| Nelson Mandela International Airport | Santiago | RAI | GVNP | 497,049 |
| Aristides Pereira International Airport | Boa Vista | BVC | GVBA | 425,701 |
| Cesária Évora International Airport | São Vicente | VXE | GVSV | 210,095 |
| São Filipe Airport | Fogo | SFL | GVSF | 74,408 |
| Preguiça Airport | São Nicolau | SNE | GVSN | 26,436 |
| Maio Airport | Maio | MMO | GVMA | 16,125 |