[3] It is the main airport serving São Tomé and Príncipe.

The airport is at an elevation of 33 feet (10 m) above mean sea level.

[1] During the 1967–70 secession war from Nigeria (Nigerian Civil War), the airport served as the major base of operations for the Biafran airlift.

The airlift was an international humanitarian relief effort (the largest civilian airlift to date) that transported food and medicine to eastern Nigeria.

[4] Media related to São Tomé International Airport at Wikimedia Commons