Osvaldo Vieiro International Airport ( The IATA airport code is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. These codes are defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The IATA airport codes are published tri-annually in the IATA Airline Coding Directory. The assignment of these codes is governed by IATA... IATA code OXB, The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an agency of the United Nations, develops the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. The ICAO Council adopts standards and recommended practices concerning air navigation, prevention of... ICAO code GGOV) is an AirPort is a wireless networking protocol from Apple Computer designed for both Macintosh and PC computers. It is based on the IEEE 802.11b (also known as Wi-Fi) standard and has been certified to be compatible with other 802.11b devices. According to Apple, AirPort is capable of speeds... airport that serves the city of Bissau, estimated population 197,610 (1991), is the capital of Guinea-Bissau. The city is located on the Geba River estuary, off the Atlantic Ocean. It is the countrys largest city, major port, and administrative and military center. Peanuts, hardwoods, copra, palm oil, and rubber are the chief products... Bissau, the This article concerns places that serve as centers of government and politics. For alternative meanings see capital (disambiguation) In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or... capital city of The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a country on the Atlantic coast of western Africa. The small country, a former Portuguese colony, is bounded on the north by Senegal, to the south and east by Guinea, and to the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Its capital is Bissau. National motto... Guinea-Bissau. It is the only international airport in the country.

As with many airports in World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest continent in both area and population, after Eurasia. At about 30,244,050 km2 (11,677,240 mi2) including its adjacent islands, it covers 20.3 percent of the total land... Africa, Osvaldo Vieiro is not open 24 The hour was originally defined in Egypt as 1/24 of a day, based on their duo-decimal numbering system (which counted finger joints on each hand). In modern usage, an hour was redefined as a unit of time 60 minutes, or 3600 seconds in length. It is approximately 1... hours a A day is any of several different units of time. The word refers either to the period of light when the Sun is above the local horizon or to the full day covering a dark and a light period. Introduction Different definitions of the day are based on the apparent... day; it is only open from Sunrise over the sea Sunrise, also called sunup in some American English dialects, is the time at which the first part of the Sun appears above the horizon in the east. Sunrise should not be confused with dawn, which is the (variously defined) point at which the sky begins to... sunrise to A red sunset panorama Sunset, also called sundown in some American English dialects, is the time at which the Sun disappears below the horizon in the west. It should not be confused with dusk, which is the (variously defined) point at which darkness falls, some time after the Sun itself... sunset.

Osvaldo Vieiro International Airport has one A runway is a strip of land on an airport, on which aircraft can take off and land. Runways may be a prepared surface, (often asphalt or concrete) or an unprepared surface (grass, dirt, gravel). Large airports may have several runways. They are identified by the magnetic direction in which... runway, heading 03/21, with a In general English usage, length (symbol: l) is but one particular instance of distance – an objects length is how long the object is – but in the physical sciences and engineering, the word length is in some contexts used synonymously with distance. Height is vertical distance; width (or... length of 10,498 feet. The Altitude is the elevation of an object from a known level or datum, called zero level. Most often this level is defined as the absolute sea level, but it can vary. In aviation, the term altitude is used to describe elevation above mean sea level, the term height refers to... altitude of this runway is 127 feet. This runway is also the one of the three in Guinea-Bissau that are paved.

The airport had to be closed on June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. Events 1000-1899 1099 - Beginning of Siege of Jerusalem (1099) 1494 - Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the two countries. 1654... June 7, 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. Events January January 1998 - A massive ice storm, caused by El Niño, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting in widespread power failures, severe damage to... 1998 due to intense fighting in and around Bissau. It was officially reopened in July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. July begins (astrologically) with the sun in the sign of Cancer and ends in the sign of Leo. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellation... July 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. Events Kosovo War Shooting in Littleton, Colorado, United States, leaves several high school students dead. Y2K preparation was a major event in 1999 both in... 1999 when an Categories: Organization stubs | Airlines of Portugal ... Air Portugal plane carrying Prime Minister Francisco Fadul, along with numerous other dignitaries from both The Republic of Portugal (República Portuguesa), or Portugal, is a democratic republic located on the west and southwest parts of the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe; it is the westernmost country in continental Europe. Portugal is bordered by Spain to the north and east and by the Atlantic... Portugal and Guinea-Bissau, landed at Osvaldo Vieiero.