RAI Praia International Airport information

RAI Praia International Airport general information :

Praia International Airport is categorized as a medium airport in our listing because of its 6876 runway. The airport is located in Cape Verde, in the Sotavento Islands‘s region and more specially in the municipality of Praia.

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RAI Praia International Airport GPS coordinates:

Praia International Airport can be located with the following GPS coordinates:

Latitude Longitude
14.924500465393 -23.4934997558593
Praia International Airport GPS coordinates (Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde)

RAI Praia International Airport elevation:

Praia International Airport has the following elevation above sea level:

Elevation (ft) 230
Praia International Airport RAI elevation (Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde)

RAI Praia International Airport runways:

Here are the data available for Praia International Airport’s runway:

Runway length (ft) Runway width (ft) Runway type Runway light
6876 148 asphalt lighted
Praia International Airport RAI runway (Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde)

RAI Praia International Airport’s radio frequency:

Here is the radio frequency available for pilots that want to contact RAI Praia International Airport:

Radio type Radio description Radio frequency (mHz)
APP PRAIA APP 118.2
Praia International Airport radio frequency (Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde)

For your information, we use the following abbreviation for the different type of radio frequency: TWR” (tower), “ATF” or “CTAF” (common traffic frequency), “GND” (ground control), “RMP” (ramp control), “ATIS” (automated weather), “RCO” (remote radio outlet), “ARR” (arrivals), “DEP” (departures), “UNICOM” (monitored ground station), and “RDO” (a flight-service station)


What is Praia International Airport’s code?

Here are the different airport codes in our database for Praia International Airport:

GPS Code IATA Code Local Code
GVNP RAI
Praia International Airport’s airport codes (Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde)

The IATA code is the airport code which is the most popular around the world. This code is always available for larger airports but might not exist for smaller airports. The local code or the GPS Code are usually the preferred solution for Smaller airfields or heliport. As a reminder, Praia International Airport is categorized as a medium airport in our database.


Other airports near RAI Praia International Airport:

fly-P2P is a flight search engine that allows you to find the best itinerary comparing up to 5 nearby airports from a given address. Our tool will help you to find the commercial, private and shared flights at RAI/ Praia International Airport but also to compare those flights with the ones from the 5 closest airports in Sotavento Islands.


RAI Praia International Airport flights

There are several commercial flights available at RAI Praia International Airport. Private jet flights and shared private jet flights are another possibility with rates that will depend on the popularity and the distance to your final destination (in Cape Verde or elsewhere).

Fly-P2P allows pilots, operators and owners to post their flights on our search engine. What it means is that you might be able to find a seat available in a private jet for a very competitive price from Praia International Airport.


RAI Praia International Airport destinations

As mentioned above, there are private flights, shared private flights available at Praia International Airport. There are several commercial flight available. Several destinations (international & domestic in Cape Verde) are then available from RAI Praia International Airport and the best way to find it out is to check our search engine.

We will allow you to compare different flight itineraries from Praia International Airport but also other nearby airports in the Sotavento Islands’s region. Furthermore, our search engine will find all commercial, private and shared private flights available.


RAI Praia International Airport’s hotels:

Finding a good hotel in the Sotavento Islands’s region can be a challenging task. Feel free to use the map bellow to navigate the hotel selection around Praia International Airport. You can always check the usual providers as well such as Booking, Expedia, Airbnb,..


RAI Praia International Airport’s rental car:

Probably the solution to find a rental car at Praia International Airport is to use a dedicated service provider. Fly-P2P doesn’t provide car rental service but we can definitely point you in the right direction. Many known websites will help you to compare rates between different providers such as Expedia, booking,… Feel free to check them on your own or you can directly search from the widget bellow as well.


RAI Praia International Airport’s taxi & transportation

We recommend you to use Uber, Lyft or KiwiTaxi in order to organise your transportation arriving or departing from/to Praia International Airport. Feel free to use the widget bellow if you wish to be directly redirected to service providers in the Sotavento Islands’s region.