Agostinho Neto Airport

{{For|the airport of the same name in the Republic of the Congo|Agostinho-Neto International Airport}}

{{Infobox airport

| name = Agostinho Neto Airport

| nativename = Aeródromo de Agostinho Neto

| IATA = NTO

| ICAO = GVAN

| type = Public

| owner =

| operator =

| location = Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde

| elevation-f = 32

| elevation-m = 10

| coordinates = {{Coord|17.203058|N|25.090874|W|type:airport|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Cape Verde

| pushpin_label= GVAN

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Aeródromo Agostinho Neto, São Antão, Cape Verde

| closed = 1990s

| image = Ponta do Sol - 2025 - 02.jpg

| website =

| metric-elev =

| metric-rwy =

| r1-number = 14/32

| r1-length-f = 1,476

| r1-length-m = 450

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| footnotes = Inactive airfield

}}

The Agostinho Neto Airport (Portuguese Aeroporto Agostinho Neto) {{Airport codes|NTO|GVAN}} was an airport located near the town of Ponta do Sol on the northern tip of the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. The airport was named after Agostinho Neto, an Angolan politician who lived on the island during his exile.{{cite web|url=http://sinta10.blogspot.de/2007_03_30_archive.html|title=A porta que um dia se fechou (à tranca)}} On 7 August 1999 TACV Flight 5002 from São Pedro Airport (São Vicente) to

Agostinho Neto Airport crashed, killing all 18 occupants. For safety reasons, the airport was closed in the 1990s.{{Cite web|url=https://noticias.sapo.cv/actualidade/artigos/santo-antao-precisa-de-um-novo-aerodromo-e-nao-de-um-aeroporto-internacional-rosa-rocha|work=SAPO Notícias|title=Santo Antão precisa de um novo aeródromo e não de um aeroporto internacional|date=27 July 2014|access-date=7 September 2018|archive-date=7 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907183107/https://noticias.sapo.cv/actualidade/artigos/santo-antao-precisa-de-um-novo-aerodromo-e-nao-de-um-aeroporto-internacional-rosa-rocha|url-status=dead}} Since then, Santo Antão does not have an airport. There are plans to build a new airport near Ponte Sul, west of Porto Novo. Construction may start in the 2020s.{{Cite web|url=https://noticias.sapo.cv/actualidade/artigos/santo-antao-aeroporto-e-algo-fundamental-para-esta-ilha-afirma-presidente-da-assembleia-nacional|work=SAPO Notícias|title=Santo Antão: Aeroporto é algo fundamental para esta ilha, afirma presidente da Assembleia Nacional|date=29 December 2017}}

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