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As with many airports in Africa, Osvaldo Vieiro is not open 24 hours a day; it is only open from sunrise to sunset.
Osvaldo Vieiro International Airport has one runway, heading 03/21, with a length of 10,498 feet. The 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 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting due to intense fighting in and around Bissau. It was officially reopened in JulyJuly is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days. July was renamed for Julius Caesar; previously, it was called Quintilis in Latin, since it was the fifth month in the Roman calendar which started in March. Because of its orig 1999For the album by Prince, see 1999 (album 1999 is a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the UN. Events Kosovo War Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy Y2K prep when an Air Portugal plane carrying Prime Minister Francisco Fadul , along with numerous other dignitaries from both PortugalRepublica Portuguesa ( In Detail) National motto: None Official language Portuguese 3 Capital Lisbon President Jorge Sampaio Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes Area Total % water World ranking: 109th 92,391 kmē0. 5 % Population Total ( 2004) Density World and Guinea-Bissau, landed at Osvaldo Vieiero.