rear view of one of the super Constellations at Asas d'Avião. The airplane is completely built in, and is now in use as decoration and housing.

In 1969 two Lockheed Super Constellation were bought by relief organisations providing food support for war torn Biafra. They flew daily from the island of Sao Tome. After the whole operation the airplanes were left on the island. Since 1970 the airplanes have remained in open storage in an area next to the airfield. By now they have been made part of a restaurant/music venue called Asas d'Avião, only open for special events. This Constellation is almost completely built-in, this photo was taken from outside the venue.

In 1969 two Lockheed Super Constellation were bought by relief organisations providing food support for war torn Biafra. They flew daily from the island of Sao Tome. After the whole operation the airplanes were left on the island, and they never managed to find a new owner. Since 1970 the airplanes have remained in open storage in a area next to the airfield. By now they have been made part of a restaurant/music venue, only open for special events. There is still some paint remaining of the Nord Air colors, which the airplane carried during the 1960s.

STP Airways is the national airline of Sao Tome and Principe. At the moment they do not have their own airplanes. For the weekly flight from the island nation to Lisbon they use a Euro Atlantic Boeing 767 and for the local flights between Sao Tome and Principe they use this Sevenair Jetstream CS-DVQ. The Airplane is scheduled for 2 to 3 round trips 5 days a week. The flight takes about 45 minutes.

Cavok Air suffered a birdstrike on the left engine during the take off run on 29 July 2017. The take off was aborted after V1 at a speed of 220 km/h and the aircraft was unable to stop, and dropped of the end of runway 29. A detailed summary of the crash can be found on the Aviation Safety Network website. Now 7 years later the airplane still remains on the ground at Sao Tome. From this angle the ripped of cockpit and left outer wing can clearly be seen.

This B737 Max-8 was originally delivered to Chinese airline OKAir in 2018. But after only 4 months of flying it was stored at Tjianjin. The Max was grounded worldwide after two crashes and OKAir returned both their Max to leasing company AerCap. They remained on the ground in China until both were leased to Asky in 2023. ET-BAR is seen here just after landing on runway 11 and turning towards the terminal at Sao Tome.

ASECNA, The Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (L'Agence pour la Sécurité de la Navigation aérienne en Afrique et à Madagascar) is an air traffic control agency based in Dakar, Senegal. They provide Air Traffic Control services, both local and area, in 18 African countries, covering 15 million square kilometers of airspace. They use this Sovereign for calibration flights for landing and navigational aids. Even though the nation of Sao Tome and Principe is not covered by ASECNA, their Ce680 6V-CEV visited the islands to calibrate the navigation beacons on both islands.

This Global Express of BestFly had arrived the previous night from Kinshasa and departed early afternoon for a direct flight to Horta in the Azores. BestFly is based in Angola, but has a lot of the business Jets they manage on the register of Aruba. The also have airline operations under this name in places like Cabo Verde and Angola.

Afrijet Business Service connects their home base in Libreville (Gabon) with both Sao Tome and Principe twice a week. They also have traffic rights to sell tickets on the domestic flight between the two islands.

On Sunday morning Asky has a flight from Libreville (Gabon) via Sao Tome to their hub in Lome (Togo). Here it is seen backtracking on runway 29 for a west bound departure. This 737 was originally delivered to Oman Air as A4O-BAH in 2017, but after Corona found a new home in Lome.