Osvaldo Vieira International Airport

The name "Osvaldo Vieira" was given in honor of one of the most prominent nationalist commanders of the PAIGC and FARP during the country's war of independence.It was officially reopened in July 1999 when a TAP Portugal plane carrying Prime Minister Francisco Fadul, along with numerous other dignitaries from both Portugal and Guinea-Bissau, landed at Osvaldo Vieira.[3] On December 10, 2013, TAP Portugal suspended operations to Osvaldo Vieira International Airport after local police forces threatened the crew of Flight TP202 bound for Lisbon and forced the crew to board 74 Syrian refugees who had arrived in Bissau via Morocco and Turkey, and who were holding forged Turkish passports.[5] However, TAP announced in August 2016 it would resume flights to Bissau by the end of the year.Osvaldo Vieira International Airport has one runway, heading 03/21, with a length of 3,200 metres (10,500 feet).
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