Airport Bissau

Airport Bissau

Bissau - Osvaldo Viera International Airport, named after the former president of the country, is the most important and largest airport in the West African Republic of Guinea-Bissau, the smallest country on the African continent.
  • URL: Bissau (OXB)
  • Time zone: GMT 0
  • Service telephone: +245 215-272
  • Address: Bissau - Osvaldo Viera International Airport, Aptado Postal, 10527, Bissau Codex, 1501, Republica da Guiné-Bissau
  • Operating company: Guinea-Bissau Directorate General Of Civil Aviation
  • Nearby cities: Bissau (9 km)
  • Directions by car: The airport is 8 km or 5 miles north west of the inner city.
  • Flight distribution on the days of the week: Monday (20.67%), Tuesday (12.29%), Wednesday (10.06%), Thursday (18.44%), Friday (13.97%), Saturday (16.76%), Sunday (7.82%)
  • Alternative spelling: بساؤ, Bissau, بیسائو, Biso, Бисау, Bisau, Бісау, Bissau - Osvaldo Vieira, Bissá, Բիսաու, Bisava, Бісаў, ביסאו, ბისაუ, ビサウ, 비사우, 比绍, बिसाउ, বিসাউ, บิสเซา, Бисао, Bisao, Μπισσάου, بساؤ, بیسائو, بيساو, Բիսաու, ביסאו, ბისაუ, ビサウ, 비사우, 比绍, बिसाउ, বিসাউ, บิสเซา

Most popular destinations from Bissau (Flights per week )

  1. Abidjan (14, 28,00 %)
  2. Lisbon (10, 20,00 %)
  3. Dakar - Blaise Diagne (9, 18,00 %)
  4. Praia, Santiago Island (8, 16,00 %)
  5. Lome (5, 10,00 %)
  6. other (8.00 %)

Top airlines (percentage of departures and arrivals)

  1. Air Cote d'Ivoire (24, 29,27 %)
  2. ASKY Airlines (18, 21,95 %)
  3. TAP Air Portugal (16, 19,51 %)
  4. Royal Air Maroc (12, 14,63 %)
  5. Air Senegal (8, 9,76 %)
  6. other (4.88 %)

Location
The airport is about 8 km or 5 miles northwest of downtown. A direct shuttle bus transport is not currently available, there are however minibuses that stop only about 300 meters outside the airport grounds during the day (Toca-Toca), these must be hailed. Alternatively, please take a taxi or rent a car.