Live flights over Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 36 departures and 34 arrivals at Amílcar Cabral International Airport, 35 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Rabil (BVC), Paris (ORY) and Porto (OPO). The airline seen most often is easyJet.
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
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| Sat 24 | 22 | 21 | 43 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Rabil BVC 4 flights
- Paris ORY France 4 flights
- Porto OPO Portugal 4 flights
- Frankfurt am Main FRA Germany 3 flights
- Bristol BRS United Kingdom 3 flights
- Praia RAI 3 flights
- Lisbon LIS Portugal 3 flights
- Zaventem BRU Belgium 2 flights
- Manchester, Greater Manchester MAN United Kingdom 2 flights
- London LGW United Kingdom 2 flights
- Luxembourg LUX Luxembourg 2 flights
- Milano MXP Italy 2 flights
- Bergamo BGY Italy 2 flights
- Munich MUC Germany 1 flights
- Birmingham, West Midlands BHX United Kingdom 1 flights
- Glasgow GLA United Kingdom 1 flights
Airlines
- easyJetEZY 6
- CVskyKGF 6
- LAN CargoLCO 6
- TACVTCV 6
- TUI AirwaysTOM 6
- TAP PortugalTAP 5
- TUIflyTUI 4
- Transavia FranceTVF 4
- easyJet EuropeEJU 3
- Enter AirENT 2
Aircraft
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 21
- Airbus A320neo A20N 9
- ATR 72-600 AT76 8
- Boeing 767-300 B763 7
- Boeing 737-800 B738 4
- Airbus A321neo A21N 3
- Airbus A320 A320 3
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 (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were easyJet, CVsky, LAN Cargo, TACV and TUI Airways.
What are the main connections from Amílcar Cabral International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Rabil (BVC, 4), Paris (ORY, 4), Porto (OPO, 4), Frankfurt am Main (FRA, 3) and Bristol (BRS, 3). 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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