Live flights over Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 173 departures and 169 arrivals at Amílcar Cabral International Airport, 49 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Rabil (BVC), Lisbon (LIS) and Amsterdam (AMS). The airline seen most often is easyJet Europe.
Airport data
- IATA code
- SID
- ICAO code
- GVAC
- City
- Espargos
- Region
- Barlavento Islands
- Country
- Cape Verde
- Elevation
- 54 m (177 ft)
- Coordinates
- 16.7414, -22.9494
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Amílcar Cabral International Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Espargos.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 24 | 19 | 43 |
| Mon 2 | 28 | 29 | 57 |
| Tue 3 | 19 | 16 | 35 |
| Wed 4 | 22 | 24 | 46 |
| Thu 5 | 23 | 22 | 45 |
| Fri 6 | 31 | 33 | 64 |
| Sat 7 | 26 | 26 | 52 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Rabil BVC 25 flights
- Lisbon LIS Portugal 24 flights
- Amsterdam AMS Netherlands 20 flights
- Praia RAI 17 flights
- Porto OPO Portugal 12 flights
- Zaventem BRU Belgium 11 flights
- Paris ORY France 10 flights
- London LGW United Kingdom 9 flights
- Frankfurt am Main FRA Germany 8 flights
- Milano MXP Italy 6 flights
- Manchester, Greater Manchester MAN United Kingdom 5 flights
- Birmingham, West Midlands BHX United Kingdom 4 flights
- Luxembourg LUX Luxembourg 4 flights
- Prague PRG Czechia 4 flights
- Zurich ZRH Switzerland 4 flights
- Campinas VCP Brazil 4 flights
33 more connections
- Düsseldorf DUS 3
- Bristol BRS 3
- Warsaw WAW 3
- Stockholm ARN 3
- Nantes NTE 3
- Munich MUC 2
- Hannover HAJ 2
- Glasgow GLA 2
- Eindhoven EIN 2
- Copenhagen CPH 2
- Oslo OSL 2
- Katowice KTW 2
- Göteborg GOT 2
- Providence/Warwick PVD 2
- Bergamo BGY 2
- São José Dos Campos SJK 2
- Hamburg HAM 1
- Nuremberg NUE 1
- Stuttgart STR 1
- Helsinki HEL 1
- Lappeenranta LPP 1
- Billund BLL 1
- Stavanger SVG 1
- Preguiça SNE 1
- Ranón OVD 1
- Madrid MAD 1
- Bordeaux BOD 1
- Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône LYS 1
- Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône MRS 1
- Budapest BUD 1
- Verona VRN 1
- Cascais CAT 1
- Brasília BSB 1
Airlines
- easyJet EuropeEJU 29
- TAP PortugalTAP 25
- Transavia FranceTVF 24
- LAN CargoLCO 20
- TUIflyTUI 20
- TACVTCV 19
- CVskyKGF 17
- TUI fly NetherlandsTFL 16
- TUI AirwaysTOM 16
- Sunclass AirlinesVKG 14
Aircraft
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 99
- Airbus A320neo A20N 48
- Boeing 737-800 B738 30
- Boeing 767-300 B763 28
- Airbus A321neo A21N 26
- ATR 72-600 AT76 21
- Airbus A320 A320 14
- Boeing 737-700 B737 9
- GLF5 9
- Airbus A330-900neo A339 6
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Amílcar Cabral International Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/16.7414/lon/-22.9494/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Espargos right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Amílcar Cabral International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Espargos: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of SID, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Amílcar Cabral International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were easyJet Europe, TAP Portugal, Transavia France, LAN Cargo and TUIfly.
What are the main connections from Amílcar Cabral International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Rabil (BVC, 25), Lisbon (LIS, 24), Amsterdam (AMS, 20), Praia (RAI, 17) and Porto (OPO, 12). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Espargos? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Amílcar Cabral International Airport? +
Amílcar Cabral International Airport has IATA code SID and ICAO code GVAC. It lies in Barlavento Islands, Cape Verde, at coordinates 16.7414, -22.9494.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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