SLOT

The Slot Coordination of Cape Verde is responsible for the allocation of slots at the airports of Sal (SID), Praia (RAI), and Boa Vista (BVC), thus ensuring operational efficiency and safety.

Essential to avoid congestion at airports and ensure that air operations occur in an organized and regular manner, slot coordination is also crucial for airlines, as it allows the optimization of their routes and operation schedules, and for the airport, ensuring better management of its resources and infrastructure.

Airports

SLOT Assignment Process

All operations to and from the coordinated airports of Cape Verde must submit a landing and/or takeoff time request to the coordinator and receive the appropriate approval for the requested time or an offer of the closest available time to the requested one.

It is advisable that operators request the slot at least three business days before the day of the operation.

Requests must be submitted in SCR (Slot Clearance Request/Reply) or GCR (General Aviation Slot Clearance Request/Reply) format, in accordance with the IATA SSIM Manual. The operation times must be in UTC only.

Requests must be submitted in SCR (Slot Clearance Request/Reply) or GCR (General Aviation Slot Clearance Request/Reply) format, in accordance with the IATA SSIM Manual. The operation times must be in UTC only.

When it is not possible to allocate a time slot as requested, the time slot offers presented by the coordinator will be valid for only three business days.