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Francisco Mendes International Airport

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Francisco Mendes International Airport
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Francisco Mendes International Airport

Summary

Francisco Mendes International Airport is an international airport[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Francisco Mendes International Airport is located in Praia[3].
  • Francisco Mendes International Airport is in the country of Cape Verde[4].
  • Francisco Mendes International Airport's instance of is recorded as international airport[5].
  • Francisco Mendes International Airport is operated by Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea[6].
  • Francisco Mendes International Airport's IATA airport code is recorded as RAI[7].
  • Francisco Mendes International Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as GVFM[8].
  • Francisco Mendes International Airport's Commons category is recorded as Francisco Mendes International Airport[9].
  • 1961 marks the founding of Francisco Mendes International Airport[10].
  • Francisco Mendes International Airport was dissolved in 2005[11].
  • Francisco Mendes International Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 14.9261, 'lon': -23.4948}[12].
  • Francisco Mendes International Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Praia[13].
  • Francisco Mendes International Airport's replaced by is recorded as Praia International Airport[14].
  • Francisco Mendes International Airport's date of official opening is recorded as 1961[15].
  • Francisco Mendes International Airport's date of official closure is recorded as October 2005[16].
  • Francisco Mendes International Airport's state of use is recorded as decommissioned[17].

Why It Matters

Francisco Mendes International Airport has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Cape Verde

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Bouzinac · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dissolved → —
    Aliases → —
    Operator → —
    Place served by transport hub → Praia
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||fr */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38217|batch #38217]]"
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