General Santos International Airport (Filipino: Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Heneral Santos, Cebuano: Tugpahanang Pangkalibutanon sa Heneral Santos, Hiligaynon: Pangkalibutan nga Hulugpaan sang Heneral Santos) (IATA: GES, ICAO: RPMR) is an alternate international airport located in General Santos City, Philippines serving the greater area of SOCCSKSARGEN (Region XII). Situated in Barangay Fatima, the airport is the largest airport in the island of Mindanao[2] and is officially classified an International Airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), a government bureau which is responsible in the management and operations of General Santos International Airport and all other airports in the country except regular international airports.
Inaugurated on 6 July 1996 in time to serve the influx of visitors, athletes and participants coming in from different parts of the country who were taking part in the 42nd annual Palarong Pambansa (National Games) that was held in South Cotabato, Sarangani Province and General Santos City (SOCSARGEN) area at that time. Since then, the new airport immediately replaced the old and smaller Buayan Airport in Barangay Buayan, which is now converted into an air station for the use of The Philippine Air Force and renamed it "Rajah Buayan Air Station". Though new, wider and much modern, General Santos International Airport nevertheless retained its old IATA airport code (GES) from the old Buayan Airport.
In 1993, the largest airport in Mindanao was built mainly on a fund granted by the United States Government amounting to USD 47.6 million[2] through its United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The Philippine Government, through the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC), has co-shared 25% of the total project cost of the airport.[3] It is strategically situated on a 5,994,577-square-meter (599.4577 hectares)[4] plot of high-altitude, government-owned and formerly leased pasture land in Barangay Fatima approximately 14 kilometers away from the central business district of General Santos City. Rumor has it that the construction of the airport was part of a forward strategy of the US Military forces in the Philippine Islands in an, accordingly, apparent attempt to reestablish their presence in Southeast Asia.[5][6][7] This allegation came out a few years later after their eviction from their installations at Subic Naval Base, Olongapo City and Clark Air Base, Pampanga in 1992.[8] Both the U.S. and the Philippine governments denied the allegation.[9]
Upon the opening of the new airport in 1996, it has since gotten hold of the record as the biggest airport facility in the island of Mindanao, which has then become a very promising addition to the potential of the city of General Santos in its bid to become a "Boom Town"—which means rapidly developing urban center—as it was indeed dubbed as is during the time. All flights, in small aircraft, to and from Iloilo and Cebu cities by the national flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) that were previously operating in the old and smaller Buayan Airport has since then landed and departed in this new and far better airport facility. On the first few weeks of operation of the new airport, PAL has initially deployed its Boeing 737-300 aircraft to serve its special direct flights to and from the capital to serve the travel needs for the on-going Palarong Pambansa sports event being held during the time. As before there were no direct flights going to and from the capital to this city because PAL couldn't utilize its wider body and long range aircraft to safely land and take off in the city's old and smaller Buayan Airport. During then, there were only two options for air travelers to get to Manila by air from General Santos City and vice versa and that there's not much of a choice but to go through the ordeal. One, is to take and wait for a connecting flight to Manila upon arrival in Mactan-Cebu International Airport and second, is to take a tiresome and lengthy 4-hour travel by land to Davao City just to catch a direct flight to Manila.
In a few months time PAL commenced regular thrice weekly direct flights to and from Manila using a bigger and wider Airbus A300-B4 aircraft. Later This became 5 times weekly in November 1996. And four months after its launch, a daily service was in effect in December 1997 while maintaining its existing regular frequencies to and from Iloilo and Cebu cities using smaller Fokker F50 aircraft. The airline's initiative to commence a direct flight to and from the capital has helped pave the way to continually increase not only the air passenger traffic that are coming in and out of city's very own airport but as well as air cargo traffic which is indicative of the city's vibrant tuna export industry and fast growing economy in general. However, PAL's financial difficulties in the late 90s forced the halting of its Iloilo and Cebu routes out of General Santos International Airport in 1998, leaving PAL with only its single daily frequency to and from Manila to operate in the airport. In 1997, Air Philippines (now Airphil Express) commenced its daily Manila–Gen.Santos-Manila flight using Boeing 737-200 and McDonnell Douglas MD-88 aircraft.
The first international chartered flight to land in General Santos International Airport was of former President Fidel V. Ramos' homecoming from one of his state visits abroad in the mid 90s. Aboard PAL's Airbus A340 aircraft, the president and his party landed in General Santos International Airport directly from Bangkok. In November 2003, international flights to and from Manado, Indonesia were also briefly operational on a regular weekly frequency to this city by an Indonesian carrier Merpati Nusantara Airlines[10] using Fokker F70 aircraft. PAL has also disclosed plans of commencing international flights to and from General Santos City in the late 90s.
Cebu Pacific, currently the country's largest carrier, finally commenced daily flights to and from Manila on October 2, 2006, initially deploying Airbus A319 aircraft. This was later upgraded to Airbus A320 and is being used up till the present time.
Having a runway length of 3,227 meters and a runway width of 45 meters,[11] General Santos International Airport has the country's third longest runway—to date—after Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila and Mactan-Cebu International Airport in Cebu. It is the first airport in Mindanao to have accommodated the landing and take off of Boeing 747 aircraft. The airport is also capable of handling landings and take-offs of even larger aircraft such as Airbus A380
Terminal Building facilities
Airport security check point (entry gate)
Airport x-ray machines and metal scanners
Check-in lobby
Philippine Airlines Ticketing Office
Cebu Pacific Air Ticketing Office
Airphil Express Ticketing Office
Elevator at the check-in lobby
The Mabuhay Lounge by Philippine Airlines
Air conditioned pre-departure lounge
V.I.P. Lounge
Comfort rooms
Arrival hall
One baggage conveyor at the arrival hall
Cafe Leticia Restaurant at the second floor (air conditioned)
Specialty Stores (located at the second floor lobby, at the departure lobby and pre-departure lounge in the ground floor)
Fresh Tuna products sold (concession building adjacent to the terminal building)
Covered well wishers area (adjacent to the terminal building)
Car parking
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Francisco Bangoy International Airport, Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Francisco Bangoy, Cebuano: Tugpahanang Pangkalibutan sa Francisco Bangoy
Francisco Bangoy International Airport (Filipino: Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Francisco Bangoy, Cebuano: Tugpahanang Pangkalibutan sa Francisco Bangoy), also called Davao International Airport (IATA: DVO, ICAO: RPMD), is the main airport serving Davao City in the Philippines. It is the busiest airport in the island of Mindanao. The airport has a single 3,000-meter precision runway.
A new terminal replaces the previous airport terminals, which lie just across it, in handling both domestic and international flights operating to and from Davao. The modern facility is designed to handle approximately 2 million passengers annually and 84,600 metric tons of cargo annually. The added capacity is also complemented by the latest navigational, security, and baggage handling equipment.
The modernization and upgrading of the airport facilities aims to cement Davao as a hub for tourism and foreign investment in the region. Development was funded by a forty million-dollar loan from the Asian Development Bank, co-financed by the European Investment Bank for twenty-five million ECUs, and through budgetary allocations from the government. The total cost of the project amounted to $128 million.
After almost a decade, the new terminal was finally inaugurated on December 2, 2003. Initial construction began in 2000 while plans for construction were announced in 1992.
On November 12, 2007, Cebu Pacific announced this airport as its third hub
Francisco Bangoy International Airport began operations in the 1940s with a donation of land in Barangay Mankilam, located in Tagum City, by Don Francisco Bangoy, the patriarch of an influential family residing in the city. At the time it began operation, the airport merely consisted of a 1,200-meter unpaved grass runway and quonset huts serving as terminal buildings. At the time, and throughout much of the 1940s and 1950s, both Philippine Airlines and the Philippine Air Force provided air service to the city.[3]
By 1959, the complex consisted of a small control tower and several low-rise buildings. A new terminal designed by Filipino architect Leandro Locsin, with a capacity of one million passengers, was constructed in 1980 and the runway was progressively extended from its original length of 1,200 meters to its current 3,000 meters. Both projects were funded during the term of then-Congressman Manuel Garcia, whose congressional district covers the airport perimeter.[3]
Rapid growth at the airport precipitated the construction of a P15 million interim international terminal beside the airport's then-existing terminal,[3] and then eventually a new, larger terminal building which would consolidate the two existing terminals. In planning since 1992, construction began in 2000 and subsequently inaugurated on December 2, 2003, with a capacity double that of the old airport terminal. The construction of the new P2.7 billion building was funded by both the Asian Development Bank and the European Investment Bank
A new terminal replaces the previous airport terminals, which lie just across it, in handling both domestic and international flights operating to and from Davao. The modern facility is designed to handle approximately 2 million passengers annually and 84,600 metric tons of cargo annually. The added capacity is also complemented by the latest navigational, security, and baggage handling equipment.
The modernization and upgrading of the airport facilities aims to cement Davao as a hub for tourism and foreign investment in the region. Development was funded by a forty million-dollar loan from the Asian Development Bank, co-financed by the European Investment Bank for twenty-five million ECUs, and through budgetary allocations from the government. The total cost of the project amounted to $128 million.
After almost a decade, the new terminal was finally inaugurated on December 2, 2003. Initial construction began in 2000 while plans for construction were announced in 1992.
On November 12, 2007, Cebu Pacific announced this airport as its third hub
Francisco Bangoy International Airport began operations in the 1940s with a donation of land in Barangay Mankilam, located in Tagum City, by Don Francisco Bangoy, the patriarch of an influential family residing in the city. At the time it began operation, the airport merely consisted of a 1,200-meter unpaved grass runway and quonset huts serving as terminal buildings. At the time, and throughout much of the 1940s and 1950s, both Philippine Airlines and the Philippine Air Force provided air service to the city.[3]
By 1959, the complex consisted of a small control tower and several low-rise buildings. A new terminal designed by Filipino architect Leandro Locsin, with a capacity of one million passengers, was constructed in 1980 and the runway was progressively extended from its original length of 1,200 meters to its current 3,000 meters. Both projects were funded during the term of then-Congressman Manuel Garcia, whose congressional district covers the airport perimeter.[3]
Rapid growth at the airport precipitated the construction of a P15 million interim international terminal beside the airport's then-existing terminal,[3] and then eventually a new, larger terminal building which would consolidate the two existing terminals. In planning since 1992, construction began in 2000 and subsequently inaugurated on December 2, 2003, with a capacity double that of the old airport terminal. The construction of the new P2.7 billion building was funded by both the Asian Development Bank and the European Investment Bank
Clark International Airport, Pandaigdigang Paliparan ng Clark or Pandaigdigang Paliparan ng Klark
Clark International Airport: For the military use of this airfield prior to December 1991, see Clark Air Base. For other airports, see Clark Airport
Clark International Airport (Filipino: Pandaigdigang Paliparan ng Clark or Pandaigdigang Paliparan ng Klark) (IATA: CRK, ICAO: RPLC), formerly Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA; Filipino: Pandaigdigang Paliparan ng Diosdado Macapagal; Kapampangan: Pangyatung Sulapawan ning Diosdado Macapagal), is the main airport serving the immediate vicinity of the Clark Freeport Zone and the general area of Angeles City in the Philippines. It also serves the northern and central regions of Luzon; and, being 85 kilometers (53 mi) from the older Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) that serves Manila, DMIA also serves Metro Manila and its immediate vicinity. It is located on an area of the freeport zone formerly utilized as the Clark Air Base, which was closed in late 1991 by the U.S. Air Forces after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo.
The two parallel runways of DMIA are capable of NASA Space Shuttle landings. However, it is no longer listed as an active landing site,[3] and no Space Shuttle ever landed there.[4]
The airport is managed by the Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC), a government-owned and/or controlled corporation.
For information on the history of Clark Airport prior to the explosion of Mount Pinatubo in 1991 and the departure of U.S. forces from the Philippines, see Clark Air Base.
1993: The former Clark Air Base was reopened as the Clark Special Economic Zone (CSEZ) after the area was cleared from lahar debris from the Mount Pinatubo explosion and a typhoon that followed.
1995: During the administration of former President Fidel V. Ramos, Clark International Airport was designated to be the future primary international gateway of the Philippines and the major international airport of Metro Manila and its neighboring provinces when Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila has reached full capacity and can no longer be expanded.
2003: Clark International Airport was renamed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA), in memory of her father, former President Diosdado Macapagal.
February 5, 2007: President Arroyo ordered the Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) to fund the US$1.7 billion (PH₱76.5 billion) expansion of DMIA and the approval of a US$2 million (PH₱90 million) study plan financed by the Korean International Cooperation Agency.
January 2008: The first stage of Clark Airport's expansion program, a PH₱130 million terminal expansion, was completed to accommodate more than 2 million passengers annually.[5]
February 2012 The airport has been renamed back as Clark International Airport[6], however, the passenger terminal will continue to bear Diosdado Macapagal's name.
Clark International Airport (Filipino: Pandaigdigang Paliparan ng Clark or Pandaigdigang Paliparan ng Klark) (IATA: CRK, ICAO: RPLC), formerly Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA; Filipino: Pandaigdigang Paliparan ng Diosdado Macapagal; Kapampangan: Pangyatung Sulapawan ning Diosdado Macapagal), is the main airport serving the immediate vicinity of the Clark Freeport Zone and the general area of Angeles City in the Philippines. It also serves the northern and central regions of Luzon; and, being 85 kilometers (53 mi) from the older Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) that serves Manila, DMIA also serves Metro Manila and its immediate vicinity. It is located on an area of the freeport zone formerly utilized as the Clark Air Base, which was closed in late 1991 by the U.S. Air Forces after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo.
The two parallel runways of DMIA are capable of NASA Space Shuttle landings. However, it is no longer listed as an active landing site,[3] and no Space Shuttle ever landed there.[4]
The airport is managed by the Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC), a government-owned and/or controlled corporation.
For information on the history of Clark Airport prior to the explosion of Mount Pinatubo in 1991 and the departure of U.S. forces from the Philippines, see Clark Air Base.
1993: The former Clark Air Base was reopened as the Clark Special Economic Zone (CSEZ) after the area was cleared from lahar debris from the Mount Pinatubo explosion and a typhoon that followed.
1995: During the administration of former President Fidel V. Ramos, Clark International Airport was designated to be the future primary international gateway of the Philippines and the major international airport of Metro Manila and its neighboring provinces when Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila has reached full capacity and can no longer be expanded.
2003: Clark International Airport was renamed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA), in memory of her father, former President Diosdado Macapagal.
February 5, 2007: President Arroyo ordered the Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) to fund the US$1.7 billion (PH₱76.5 billion) expansion of DMIA and the approval of a US$2 million (PH₱90 million) study plan financed by the Korean International Cooperation Agency.
January 2008: The first stage of Clark Airport's expansion program, a PH₱130 million terminal expansion, was completed to accommodate more than 2 million passengers annually.[5]
February 2012 The airport has been renamed back as Clark International Airport[6], however, the passenger terminal will continue to bear Diosdado Macapagal's name.
Bacolod-Silay International Airport
Bacolod-Silay International Airport (Filipino: Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Bacolod-Silay, Hiligaynon: Pangkalibutan nga Hulugpaan sang Bacolod-Silay) (IATA: BCD, ICAO: RPVB) is the main airport serving the general area of Bacolod City, the capital city of Negros Occidental in the Philippines. This airport replaced the Bacolod City Domestic Airport in 2007. The Bacolod-Silay International Airport inherited its IATA and ICAO airport codes from the former.
The airport is located fifteen kilometers northeast of Bacolod City on a 181-hectare site in Barangay Bagtic,[1][2][5] Silay City. The airport, which is built to handle international traffic, is expected to become the primary gateway to Negros Island. It is one of the three international airports envisioned to serve the Western Visayas region, alongside Kalibo International Airport and the Iloilo International Airport.
The Bacolod-Silay International Airport is designated as an International Airport[4] by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, a body of the Department of Transportation and Communications that is responsible for the operations of not only this airport but also of all other airports in the Philippines except the major international airports
Planning for a new airport in Bacolod City commenced in 1997, when the Japan International Cooperation Agency initiated a study indicating the need for expansion at four Philippine airports: namely Bacolod City Domestic Airport, Mandurriao Airport in Iloilo City, Legazpi Airport in Legazpi City and Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport in Tacloban City.[6] Of the four airports, two have been completed (Iloilo and Bacolod), one is being built (Legazpi) and another one in planning (Tacloban).
In February 1999, another JICA study was commissioned, this time on the detailed plan of the new airport.[6] The study was completed by March 2000 and was funded by a 430-million yen grant. Immediately after the completion of the study, JICA hired Pacific Consultants International as advisers to the project.[6]
The project was opened for bidding on August 25, 2003, with the winning bid going to the Takenaka-Itochu Joint Venture (TIJV).[6] Physical construction on the new 4.3 billion-peso airport,[5] funded in part by an 8.2-billion yen loan, commenced in August 2004. A 900-day deadline was imposed for the airport to be completed,[6] which broadly corresponds to January 2007.
The airport was complete as of July 16, 2007,[7] although there was considerable debate over whether or not the airport should be opened due to the length of its runway.[7] A 500-meter extension of the runway was planned in order for the airport to accommodate larger aircraft.[7] Depending on the scenario, the airport had a foreseen opening date of November 2007 or sometime in 2010, after the completion of a diversion road leading to the airport.[7]
The first aircraft ever to land at the airport was a small fourteen-seater turboprop owned by Vincent Aviation. The Reims-Cessna F406 with aircraft registration number ZK-VAF, piloted by Steve Gray of New Zealand landed at the airport at 9:55 in the morning of September 26, 2007.[8]
The airport officially opened and began operations on January 18, 2008, and the first commercial flight to arrive was Cebu Pacific's Flight 5J 473 from Manila, an Airbus A319-100 which landed at 5:22am PST on the same day.[9] Fittingly enough, the pilot in command of the aircraft - Captain Allan Garces - was a native of Silay City.[9]
The first international flight to arrive at the airport was a chartered plane from Kazakhstan which landed on January 2, 2009.[10][11] ZestAir commenced international flights to and from Incheon on January 7, 2012 utilizing Airbus A320
The airport is located fifteen kilometers northeast of Bacolod City on a 181-hectare site in Barangay Bagtic,[1][2][5] Silay City. The airport, which is built to handle international traffic, is expected to become the primary gateway to Negros Island. It is one of the three international airports envisioned to serve the Western Visayas region, alongside Kalibo International Airport and the Iloilo International Airport.
The Bacolod-Silay International Airport is designated as an International Airport[4] by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, a body of the Department of Transportation and Communications that is responsible for the operations of not only this airport but also of all other airports in the Philippines except the major international airports
Planning for a new airport in Bacolod City commenced in 1997, when the Japan International Cooperation Agency initiated a study indicating the need for expansion at four Philippine airports: namely Bacolod City Domestic Airport, Mandurriao Airport in Iloilo City, Legazpi Airport in Legazpi City and Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport in Tacloban City.[6] Of the four airports, two have been completed (Iloilo and Bacolod), one is being built (Legazpi) and another one in planning (Tacloban).
In February 1999, another JICA study was commissioned, this time on the detailed plan of the new airport.[6] The study was completed by March 2000 and was funded by a 430-million yen grant. Immediately after the completion of the study, JICA hired Pacific Consultants International as advisers to the project.[6]
The project was opened for bidding on August 25, 2003, with the winning bid going to the Takenaka-Itochu Joint Venture (TIJV).[6] Physical construction on the new 4.3 billion-peso airport,[5] funded in part by an 8.2-billion yen loan, commenced in August 2004. A 900-day deadline was imposed for the airport to be completed,[6] which broadly corresponds to January 2007.
The airport was complete as of July 16, 2007,[7] although there was considerable debate over whether or not the airport should be opened due to the length of its runway.[7] A 500-meter extension of the runway was planned in order for the airport to accommodate larger aircraft.[7] Depending on the scenario, the airport had a foreseen opening date of November 2007 or sometime in 2010, after the completion of a diversion road leading to the airport.[7]
The first aircraft ever to land at the airport was a small fourteen-seater turboprop owned by Vincent Aviation. The Reims-Cessna F406 with aircraft registration number ZK-VAF, piloted by Steve Gray of New Zealand landed at the airport at 9:55 in the morning of September 26, 2007.[8]
The airport officially opened and began operations on January 18, 2008, and the first commercial flight to arrive was Cebu Pacific's Flight 5J 473 from Manila, an Airbus A319-100 which landed at 5:22am PST on the same day.[9] Fittingly enough, the pilot in command of the aircraft - Captain Allan Garces - was a native of Silay City.[9]
The first international flight to arrive at the airport was a chartered plane from Kazakhstan which landed on January 2, 2009.[10][11] ZestAir commenced international flights to and from Incheon on January 7, 2012 utilizing Airbus A320
List of airports in the Philippines
List of airports in the Philippines: Airports in the Philippines have used two different types of classification: one previously by the Air Transportation Office (ATO) and another being used by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), the successor body to the ATO.
This is a list of airports in the Philippines, grouped by type and sorted by the airport's general location name.
Three classes of airports exist in the Philippines under the new system of classification instituted by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP): international airports, principal airports and community airports. Only airports owned by the national government are classified by the CAAP; the vast majority of minor aerodromes around the country are not owned by the national government and remain unclassified under the new scheme.
ATO system:
Former airport classification under the ATO's system.
The old ATO system divided airports into five classifications under two broad categories: international and domestic airports. These two broad categories were further divided into the following airport types:
Primary international airports are the primary international gateways into the Philippines.
Secondary international airports are airports that are capable of handling international flights but are not designated as primary international gateways. These airports may or may not service actual international flights and may or may not have active customs and immigration facilities.
Trunkline airports or major commercial domestic airports are domestic airports in major cities around the Philippines that are capable of supporting large aircraft. These are, in most cases, the only domestic airports with an instrument landing system.
Secondary airports or minor commercial domestic airports are domestic airports in smaller cities and municipalities usually capable of handling smaller propeller aircraft. Some airports in this classification are capable of supporting jet aircraft. However, these airports are only open from sunrise until sunset, usually requiring notification of airport authorities if nighttime landing is a necessity.
Feeder airports are domestic airports capable only of handling small propeller aircraft. Many of these airports are small airstrips serving far-flung islands.
CAAP system
The new CAAP system revises the previous ATO system, while maintaining the current classification of airports into international and domestic airports.[1] The change was made pursuant to the Philippine Transport Strategic Study and the 1992 Civil Aviation Master Plan. The new system rationalizes the system of airport classification, represented by the following types:
International airports are airports capable of handling international flights. Airports in this category include airports that currently have or have previously served international destinations. There are currently ten airports in this category, including all primary international airports, most secondary international airports, and Puerto Princesa Airport and Kalibo Airport, both trunkline and secondary airports, respectively.
Principal airports or domestic airports are airports that only serve domestic destinations. There are two types:
Class 1 principal airports are airports capable of serving jet aircraft with a capacity of at least 100 seats.[1] Most airports previously classified as trunkline airports, as well as some secondary airports, are placed in this category. Two former secondary international airports — the Bacolod-Silay Airport and the Iloilo International Airport — are also in this category.
Class 2 principal airports are airports capable of serving propeller aircraft with a capacity of at least 19 seats.[1] Loakan Airport in Baguio City, previously a trunkline airport, some secondary airports, and Godofredo P. Ramos Airport in Malay, Aklan; Camiguin Airport, Cuyo Airport and Sayak Airport in Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte (on Siargao Island), all feeder airports, are in this category.
Community airports are airports that are used primarily for general aviation.[1] Most feeder airports are in this category and only three airports: Cauayan Airport, Labo Airport in Ozamiz City and San Fernando Airport in La Union, all former secondary airports, have regular air service.
Some feeder airports previously classified in the old ATO system, such as Lucena Airport, are not covered by the new system. Airports not owned by the national government which were not classified in the previous ATO system, such as El Nido Airport, remain unclassified under the present CAAP system.
Airports
Airport names shown in bold indicate that the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines. Under the current ICAO code scheme, airports in the Luzon island group (including the Cuyo Islands, but excluding Masbate and the rest of Palawan) are assigned RPL- and RPU- codes; those in the Visayas, Masbate and Palawan (except for Cuyo), RPV- and RPS-; and those in Mindanao, RPM- and RPN-. Airports whose ICAO codes are in italic may be obsolete as they do not fit the current scheme.
CAAP-classified airports
The list below follows the CAAP's classification for airports in the Philippines.[2]
City/Municipality Province[1] IATA ICAO Airport name Classification Coordinates
Silay Negros Occidental BCD RPVB Bacolod-Silay International Airport International 10°46′35″N 123°00′55″E
Mabalacat City Pampanga CRK RPLC (RPMK) Clark (Diosdado Macapagal) International Airport International 15°11′09″N 120°33′37″E
Davao City Davao del Sur DVO RPMD (RPWD) Francisco Bangoy (Davao) International Airport International 07°07′31″N 125°38′44″E
General Santos South Cotabato GES RPMR General Santos International (Tambler) Airport International 06°03′28″N 125°05′45″E
Cabatuan Iloilo ILO RPVI Iloilo International Airport International 10°49′56″N 122°29′35″E
Kalibo Aklan KLO RPVK Kalibo International Airport International 11°40′45″N 122°22′34″E
Laoag Ilocos Norte LAO RPLI Laoag International Airport International 18°10′41″N 120°31′53″E
Lapu-Lapu Cebu CEB RPVM Mactan-Cebu International Airport International 10°18′48″N 123°58′58″E
Parañaque/Pasay Metro Manila MNL RPLL (RPMM) Ninoy Aquino (Manila) International Airport International 14°30′31″N 121°01′10″E
Puerto Princesa Palawan PPS RPVP Puerto Princesa International Airport International 09°44′31″N 118°45′31″E
Morong Bataan SFS RPLB (RPMB) Subic Bay International Airport International 14°47′40″N 120°16′16″E
Zamboanga City Zamboanga del Sur ZAM RPMZ Zamboanga International Airport International 06°55′20″N 122°03′34″E
Butuan Agusan del Norte BXU RPME (RPWE) Bancasi (Butuan) Airport Principal-Class 1 08°57′04″N 125°28′40″E
Cagayan de Oro Misamis Oriental CGY RPML (RPWL) Lumbia (Cagayan de Oro) Airport Principal-Class 1 08°24′56″N 124°36′40″E
Cotabato City Maguindanao CBO RPMC (RPWC) Awang (Cotabato) Airport Principal-Class 1 07°09′54″N 124°12′34″E
Dipolog Zamboanga del Norte DPL RPMG (RPWG) Dipolog Airport Principal-Class 1 08°36′06″N 123°20′33″E
Sibulan Negros Oriental DGT RPVD Sibulan (Dumaguete) Airport Principal-Class 1 09°20′01″N 123°18′02″E
Legazpi Albay LGP RPLP Legazpi Airport Principal-Class 1 13°09′09″N 123°43′48″E
Pili Camarines Sur WNP RPUN Naga (Pili) Airport Principal-Class 1 13°35′05″N 123°16′12″E
Pagadian Zamboanga del Sur PAG RPMP (RPWP) Pagadian Airport Principal-Class 1 07°49′38″N 123°27′30″E
Roxas Capiz RXS RPVR Roxas Airport Principal-Class 1 11°35′51″N 122°45′06″E
San Jose Occidental Mindoro SJI RPUH San Jose Airport Principal-Class 1 12°21′41″N 121°02′48″E
Tacloban Leyte TAC RPVA Daniel Z. Romualdez (Tacloban) Airport Principal-Class 1 11°13′39″N 125°01′40″E
Tagbilaran Bohol TAG RPVT Tagbilaran Airport Principal-Class 1 09°39′50″N 123°51′11″E
Tuguegarao Cagayan TUG RPUT Tuguegarao Airport Principal-Class 1 17°38′36″N 121°44′00″E
San Jose de Buenavista Antique EUQ RPVS Evelio Javier (Antique) Airport Principal-Class 2 10°45′57″N 121°56′00″E
Baguio Benguet BAG RPUB Loakan (Baguio) Airport Principal-Class 2 16°22′30″N 120°37′10″E
Basco (Batan Island) Batanes BSO RPUO Basco Airport Principal-Class 2 20°27′05″N 121°58′47″E
Bongao Tawi-Tawi SGS (TWT) RPMN (RPWN) Sanga-Sanga (Tawi-Tawi) Airport Principal-Class 2 05°02′49″N 119°44′34″E
Coron (Busuanga Island) Palawan USU RPVV Francisco B. Reyes (Busuanga-Coron) Airport Principal-Class 2 12°07′17″N 120°06′00″E
Calbayog Samar CYP RPVC Calbayog Airport Principal-Class 2 12°04′22″N 124°32′42″E
Mambajao Camiguin CGM RPMH Camiguin Airport Principal-Class 2 09°15′12″N 124°42′25″E
Catarman Northern Samar CRM RPVF Catarman National Airport Principal-Class 2 12°30′09″N 124°38′09″E
Malay (Boracay) Aklan MPH RPVE Godofredo P. Ramos (Caticlan) Airport Principal-Class 2 11°55′29″N 121°57′18″E
Magsaysay (Cuyo Island) Palawan CYU RPLO (RPCU) Cuyo Airport Principal-Class 2 10°51′29″N 121°04′10″E
Jolo Sulu JOL RPMJ (RPWJ) Jolo Airport Principal-Class 2 06°03′13″N 121°00′40″E
Gasan Marinduque MRQ RPUW Marinduque Airport Principal-Class 2 13°21′36″N 121°49′31″E
Masbate City Masbate MBT RPVJ Moises R. Espinosa (Masbate) Airport Principal-Class 2 12°22′10″N 123°37′45″E
Ormoc Leyte OMC RPVO Ormoc Airport Principal-Class 2 11°03′22″N 124°33′56″E
Alcantara (Tablas Island) Romblon TBH RPVU Tugdan (Romblon) Airport Principal-Class 2 12°18′39″N 122°04′46″E
Del Carmen (Siargao Island) Surigao del Norte IAO (SOS) RPNS (RPSI) Sayak (Siargao) Airport Principal-Class 2 09°51′33″N 126°00′55″E
Surigao Surigao del Norte SUG RPMS (RPWS) Surigao Airport Principal-Class 2 09°45′28″N 125°28′51″E
Tandag Surigao del Sur TDG RPMW (RPWW) Tandag Airport Principal-Class 2 09°04′20″N 126°10′17″E
Virac Catanduanes VRC RPUV Virac Airport Principal-Class 2 13°34′35″N 124°12′20″E
Perez (Alabat Island) Quezon RPLY (RPXT) Alabat Airport Community 14°13′57″N 121°55′44″E
Surallah South Cotabato AAV RPMA (RPWA) Allah Valley Airport Community 06°22′04″N 124°45′09″E
Bagabag Nueva Vizcaya RPUZ Bagabag Airport Community 16°37′09″N 121°15′08″E
San Luis Aurora BQA RPUR Dr. Juan C. Angara (Baler) Airport Community 15°43′49″N 121°30′06″E
Santa Fe (Bantayan Island) Cebu RPSB Bantayan Airport Community 11°09′43″N 123°47′06″E
Naval Biliran RPVQ (RPNA) Biliran Airport Community 11°30′55″N 124°25′47″E
Bislig Surigao del Sur BPH RPMF (RPWZ) Bislig Airport Community 08°11′44″N 126°19′17″E
Borongan Eastern Samar BPR RPVW Borongan (Punta Maria) Airport Community 11°40′27″N 125°28′43″E
Bulan Sorsogon RPUU Bulan Airport Community 12°41′02″N 123°52′38″E
Calapan Oriental Mindoro CPP RPUK Calapan Airport Community 13°25′23″N 121°12′06″E
Mapun Tawi-Tawi CDY RPMU Cagayan de Sulu (Mapun) Airport Community 07°00′48″N 118°29′46″E
Catbalogan Samar RPVY (RPCA) Catbalogan Airport Community 11°48′36″N 124°49′48″E
Cauayan Isabela CYZ RPUY Cauayan Airport Community 16°55′47″N 121°45′11″E
Daet Camarines Norte DTE RPUD Bagasbas (Daet) Airport Community 14°07′46″N 122°58′50″E
Guiuan Eastern Samar RPVG Guiuan Airport Community 11°02′07″N 125°44′29″E
Hilongos Leyte RPVH Hilongos Airport Community 10°22′36″N 124°45′40″E
Iba Zambales RPUI Iba Airport Community 15°19′33″N 119°58′06″E
Baloi Lanao del Norte IGN RPMI (RPWX) Maria Cristina (Iligan) Airport Community 08°07′50″N 124°12′53″E
Ipil Zamboanga Sibugay IPE RPMV Ipil Airport Community 07°47′10″N 122°36′04″E
Itbayat (Itbayat Island) Batanes RPLT (RPXI) Itbayat Airport Community 20°43′22″N 121°48′36″E
Jomalig (Polillo Islands) Quezon RPLJ (RPXJ) Jomalig Airport Community 14°42′15″N 122°19′51″E
Liloy Zamboanga del Norte RPMX Liloy Airport Community 08°06′06″N 122°40′14″E
Lingayen Pangasinan RPUG Lingayen Airport Community 16°02′06″N 120°14′30″E
Lubang (Lubang Island) Occidental Mindoro LBX RPLU (RPXG) Lubang Airport Community 13°51′21″N 120°06′21″E
Maasin Southern Leyte RPSM Panan-awan (Maasin) Airport Community 10°11′13″N 124°47′00″E
Malabang Lanao del Sur MLP RPMM (RPWM) Malabang Airport Community 07°37′02″N 124°03′27″E
Malaybalay Bukidnon RPMY (RPWY) Malaybalay Airport Community 08°08′26″N 125°07′09″E
Mamburao Occidental Mindoro MBO RPUM Mamburao Airport Community 13°12′32″N 120°36′18″E
Mansalay Oriental Mindoro RPLG Wasig (Mansalay) Airport Community 12°32′01″N 121°28′52″E
Mati Davao Oriental MXI RPMQ Imelda R. Marcos (Mati National) Airport Community 06°56′58″N 126°16′22″E
Ozamiz Misamis Occidental OZC RPMO (RPWI) Labo (Ozamiz) Airport Community 08°10′43″N 123°50′29″E
Palanan Isabela RPLN (RPPA) Palanan Airport Community 17°03′56″N 122°25′39″E
Pinamalayan Oriental Mindoro RPLA Pinamalayan Airport Community 12°59′11″N 121°25′33″E
Plaridel Bulacan RPUX Plaridel Airport Community 14°53′26″N 120°51′10″E
Rosales Pangasinan RPLR Rosales Airport Community 15°53′06″N 120°36′16″E
San Fernando La Union SFE RPUS San Fernando (Poro Point) Airport Community 16°35′41″N 120°18′13″E
Siocon Zamboanga del Norte XSO RPNO Siocon Airport Community 07°42′35″N 122°09′44″E
Siquijor Siquijor RPVZ (RPSQ) Siquijor Airport Community 09°12′38″N 123°28′09″E
Sorsogon City Sorsogon RPLZ (RPXU) Sorsogon (Gabao/Bacon) Airport Community 13°00′26″N 124°01′34″E
Ubay Bohol RPSN (RPBY) Ubay Airport Community 10°03′33″N 124°25′31″E
Vigan Ilocos Sur VGN RPUQ Mindoro (Vigan) Airport Community 17°33′17″N 120°21′22″E
Wao Lanao del Sur Wao Airport Community
This is a list of airports in the Philippines, grouped by type and sorted by the airport's general location name.
Three classes of airports exist in the Philippines under the new system of classification instituted by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP): international airports, principal airports and community airports. Only airports owned by the national government are classified by the CAAP; the vast majority of minor aerodromes around the country are not owned by the national government and remain unclassified under the new scheme.
ATO system:
Former airport classification under the ATO's system.
The old ATO system divided airports into five classifications under two broad categories: international and domestic airports. These two broad categories were further divided into the following airport types:
Primary international airports are the primary international gateways into the Philippines.
Secondary international airports are airports that are capable of handling international flights but are not designated as primary international gateways. These airports may or may not service actual international flights and may or may not have active customs and immigration facilities.
Trunkline airports or major commercial domestic airports are domestic airports in major cities around the Philippines that are capable of supporting large aircraft. These are, in most cases, the only domestic airports with an instrument landing system.
Secondary airports or minor commercial domestic airports are domestic airports in smaller cities and municipalities usually capable of handling smaller propeller aircraft. Some airports in this classification are capable of supporting jet aircraft. However, these airports are only open from sunrise until sunset, usually requiring notification of airport authorities if nighttime landing is a necessity.
Feeder airports are domestic airports capable only of handling small propeller aircraft. Many of these airports are small airstrips serving far-flung islands.
CAAP system
The new CAAP system revises the previous ATO system, while maintaining the current classification of airports into international and domestic airports.[1] The change was made pursuant to the Philippine Transport Strategic Study and the 1992 Civil Aviation Master Plan. The new system rationalizes the system of airport classification, represented by the following types:
International airports are airports capable of handling international flights. Airports in this category include airports that currently have or have previously served international destinations. There are currently ten airports in this category, including all primary international airports, most secondary international airports, and Puerto Princesa Airport and Kalibo Airport, both trunkline and secondary airports, respectively.
Principal airports or domestic airports are airports that only serve domestic destinations. There are two types:
Class 1 principal airports are airports capable of serving jet aircraft with a capacity of at least 100 seats.[1] Most airports previously classified as trunkline airports, as well as some secondary airports, are placed in this category. Two former secondary international airports — the Bacolod-Silay Airport and the Iloilo International Airport — are also in this category.
Class 2 principal airports are airports capable of serving propeller aircraft with a capacity of at least 19 seats.[1] Loakan Airport in Baguio City, previously a trunkline airport, some secondary airports, and Godofredo P. Ramos Airport in Malay, Aklan; Camiguin Airport, Cuyo Airport and Sayak Airport in Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte (on Siargao Island), all feeder airports, are in this category.
Community airports are airports that are used primarily for general aviation.[1] Most feeder airports are in this category and only three airports: Cauayan Airport, Labo Airport in Ozamiz City and San Fernando Airport in La Union, all former secondary airports, have regular air service.
Some feeder airports previously classified in the old ATO system, such as Lucena Airport, are not covered by the new system. Airports not owned by the national government which were not classified in the previous ATO system, such as El Nido Airport, remain unclassified under the present CAAP system.
Airports
Airport names shown in bold indicate that the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines. Under the current ICAO code scheme, airports in the Luzon island group (including the Cuyo Islands, but excluding Masbate and the rest of Palawan) are assigned RPL- and RPU- codes; those in the Visayas, Masbate and Palawan (except for Cuyo), RPV- and RPS-; and those in Mindanao, RPM- and RPN-. Airports whose ICAO codes are in italic may be obsolete as they do not fit the current scheme.
CAAP-classified airports
The list below follows the CAAP's classification for airports in the Philippines.[2]
City/Municipality Province[1] IATA ICAO Airport name Classification Coordinates
Silay Negros Occidental BCD RPVB Bacolod-Silay International Airport International 10°46′35″N 123°00′55″E
Mabalacat City Pampanga CRK RPLC (RPMK) Clark (Diosdado Macapagal) International Airport International 15°11′09″N 120°33′37″E
Davao City Davao del Sur DVO RPMD (RPWD) Francisco Bangoy (Davao) International Airport International 07°07′31″N 125°38′44″E
General Santos South Cotabato GES RPMR General Santos International (Tambler) Airport International 06°03′28″N 125°05′45″E
Cabatuan Iloilo ILO RPVI Iloilo International Airport International 10°49′56″N 122°29′35″E
Kalibo Aklan KLO RPVK Kalibo International Airport International 11°40′45″N 122°22′34″E
Laoag Ilocos Norte LAO RPLI Laoag International Airport International 18°10′41″N 120°31′53″E
Lapu-Lapu Cebu CEB RPVM Mactan-Cebu International Airport International 10°18′48″N 123°58′58″E
Parañaque/Pasay Metro Manila MNL RPLL (RPMM) Ninoy Aquino (Manila) International Airport International 14°30′31″N 121°01′10″E
Puerto Princesa Palawan PPS RPVP Puerto Princesa International Airport International 09°44′31″N 118°45′31″E
Morong Bataan SFS RPLB (RPMB) Subic Bay International Airport International 14°47′40″N 120°16′16″E
Zamboanga City Zamboanga del Sur ZAM RPMZ Zamboanga International Airport International 06°55′20″N 122°03′34″E
Butuan Agusan del Norte BXU RPME (RPWE) Bancasi (Butuan) Airport Principal-Class 1 08°57′04″N 125°28′40″E
Cagayan de Oro Misamis Oriental CGY RPML (RPWL) Lumbia (Cagayan de Oro) Airport Principal-Class 1 08°24′56″N 124°36′40″E
Cotabato City Maguindanao CBO RPMC (RPWC) Awang (Cotabato) Airport Principal-Class 1 07°09′54″N 124°12′34″E
Dipolog Zamboanga del Norte DPL RPMG (RPWG) Dipolog Airport Principal-Class 1 08°36′06″N 123°20′33″E
Sibulan Negros Oriental DGT RPVD Sibulan (Dumaguete) Airport Principal-Class 1 09°20′01″N 123°18′02″E
Legazpi Albay LGP RPLP Legazpi Airport Principal-Class 1 13°09′09″N 123°43′48″E
Pili Camarines Sur WNP RPUN Naga (Pili) Airport Principal-Class 1 13°35′05″N 123°16′12″E
Pagadian Zamboanga del Sur PAG RPMP (RPWP) Pagadian Airport Principal-Class 1 07°49′38″N 123°27′30″E
Roxas Capiz RXS RPVR Roxas Airport Principal-Class 1 11°35′51″N 122°45′06″E
San Jose Occidental Mindoro SJI RPUH San Jose Airport Principal-Class 1 12°21′41″N 121°02′48″E
Tacloban Leyte TAC RPVA Daniel Z. Romualdez (Tacloban) Airport Principal-Class 1 11°13′39″N 125°01′40″E
Tagbilaran Bohol TAG RPVT Tagbilaran Airport Principal-Class 1 09°39′50″N 123°51′11″E
Tuguegarao Cagayan TUG RPUT Tuguegarao Airport Principal-Class 1 17°38′36″N 121°44′00″E
San Jose de Buenavista Antique EUQ RPVS Evelio Javier (Antique) Airport Principal-Class 2 10°45′57″N 121°56′00″E
Baguio Benguet BAG RPUB Loakan (Baguio) Airport Principal-Class 2 16°22′30″N 120°37′10″E
Basco (Batan Island) Batanes BSO RPUO Basco Airport Principal-Class 2 20°27′05″N 121°58′47″E
Bongao Tawi-Tawi SGS (TWT) RPMN (RPWN) Sanga-Sanga (Tawi-Tawi) Airport Principal-Class 2 05°02′49″N 119°44′34″E
Coron (Busuanga Island) Palawan USU RPVV Francisco B. Reyes (Busuanga-Coron) Airport Principal-Class 2 12°07′17″N 120°06′00″E
Calbayog Samar CYP RPVC Calbayog Airport Principal-Class 2 12°04′22″N 124°32′42″E
Mambajao Camiguin CGM RPMH Camiguin Airport Principal-Class 2 09°15′12″N 124°42′25″E
Catarman Northern Samar CRM RPVF Catarman National Airport Principal-Class 2 12°30′09″N 124°38′09″E
Malay (Boracay) Aklan MPH RPVE Godofredo P. Ramos (Caticlan) Airport Principal-Class 2 11°55′29″N 121°57′18″E
Magsaysay (Cuyo Island) Palawan CYU RPLO (RPCU) Cuyo Airport Principal-Class 2 10°51′29″N 121°04′10″E
Jolo Sulu JOL RPMJ (RPWJ) Jolo Airport Principal-Class 2 06°03′13″N 121°00′40″E
Gasan Marinduque MRQ RPUW Marinduque Airport Principal-Class 2 13°21′36″N 121°49′31″E
Masbate City Masbate MBT RPVJ Moises R. Espinosa (Masbate) Airport Principal-Class 2 12°22′10″N 123°37′45″E
Ormoc Leyte OMC RPVO Ormoc Airport Principal-Class 2 11°03′22″N 124°33′56″E
Alcantara (Tablas Island) Romblon TBH RPVU Tugdan (Romblon) Airport Principal-Class 2 12°18′39″N 122°04′46″E
Del Carmen (Siargao Island) Surigao del Norte IAO (SOS) RPNS (RPSI) Sayak (Siargao) Airport Principal-Class 2 09°51′33″N 126°00′55″E
Surigao Surigao del Norte SUG RPMS (RPWS) Surigao Airport Principal-Class 2 09°45′28″N 125°28′51″E
Tandag Surigao del Sur TDG RPMW (RPWW) Tandag Airport Principal-Class 2 09°04′20″N 126°10′17″E
Virac Catanduanes VRC RPUV Virac Airport Principal-Class 2 13°34′35″N 124°12′20″E
Perez (Alabat Island) Quezon RPLY (RPXT) Alabat Airport Community 14°13′57″N 121°55′44″E
Surallah South Cotabato AAV RPMA (RPWA) Allah Valley Airport Community 06°22′04″N 124°45′09″E
Bagabag Nueva Vizcaya RPUZ Bagabag Airport Community 16°37′09″N 121°15′08″E
San Luis Aurora BQA RPUR Dr. Juan C. Angara (Baler) Airport Community 15°43′49″N 121°30′06″E
Santa Fe (Bantayan Island) Cebu RPSB Bantayan Airport Community 11°09′43″N 123°47′06″E
Naval Biliran RPVQ (RPNA) Biliran Airport Community 11°30′55″N 124°25′47″E
Bislig Surigao del Sur BPH RPMF (RPWZ) Bislig Airport Community 08°11′44″N 126°19′17″E
Borongan Eastern Samar BPR RPVW Borongan (Punta Maria) Airport Community 11°40′27″N 125°28′43″E
Bulan Sorsogon RPUU Bulan Airport Community 12°41′02″N 123°52′38″E
Calapan Oriental Mindoro CPP RPUK Calapan Airport Community 13°25′23″N 121°12′06″E
Mapun Tawi-Tawi CDY RPMU Cagayan de Sulu (Mapun) Airport Community 07°00′48″N 118°29′46″E
Catbalogan Samar RPVY (RPCA) Catbalogan Airport Community 11°48′36″N 124°49′48″E
Cauayan Isabela CYZ RPUY Cauayan Airport Community 16°55′47″N 121°45′11″E
Daet Camarines Norte DTE RPUD Bagasbas (Daet) Airport Community 14°07′46″N 122°58′50″E
Guiuan Eastern Samar RPVG Guiuan Airport Community 11°02′07″N 125°44′29″E
Hilongos Leyte RPVH Hilongos Airport Community 10°22′36″N 124°45′40″E
Iba Zambales RPUI Iba Airport Community 15°19′33″N 119°58′06″E
Baloi Lanao del Norte IGN RPMI (RPWX) Maria Cristina (Iligan) Airport Community 08°07′50″N 124°12′53″E
Ipil Zamboanga Sibugay IPE RPMV Ipil Airport Community 07°47′10″N 122°36′04″E
Itbayat (Itbayat Island) Batanes RPLT (RPXI) Itbayat Airport Community 20°43′22″N 121°48′36″E
Jomalig (Polillo Islands) Quezon RPLJ (RPXJ) Jomalig Airport Community 14°42′15″N 122°19′51″E
Liloy Zamboanga del Norte RPMX Liloy Airport Community 08°06′06″N 122°40′14″E
Lingayen Pangasinan RPUG Lingayen Airport Community 16°02′06″N 120°14′30″E
Lubang (Lubang Island) Occidental Mindoro LBX RPLU (RPXG) Lubang Airport Community 13°51′21″N 120°06′21″E
Maasin Southern Leyte RPSM Panan-awan (Maasin) Airport Community 10°11′13″N 124°47′00″E
Malabang Lanao del Sur MLP RPMM (RPWM) Malabang Airport Community 07°37′02″N 124°03′27″E
Malaybalay Bukidnon RPMY (RPWY) Malaybalay Airport Community 08°08′26″N 125°07′09″E
Mamburao Occidental Mindoro MBO RPUM Mamburao Airport Community 13°12′32″N 120°36′18″E
Mansalay Oriental Mindoro RPLG Wasig (Mansalay) Airport Community 12°32′01″N 121°28′52″E
Mati Davao Oriental MXI RPMQ Imelda R. Marcos (Mati National) Airport Community 06°56′58″N 126°16′22″E
Ozamiz Misamis Occidental OZC RPMO (RPWI) Labo (Ozamiz) Airport Community 08°10′43″N 123°50′29″E
Palanan Isabela RPLN (RPPA) Palanan Airport Community 17°03′56″N 122°25′39″E
Pinamalayan Oriental Mindoro RPLA Pinamalayan Airport Community 12°59′11″N 121°25′33″E
Plaridel Bulacan RPUX Plaridel Airport Community 14°53′26″N 120°51′10″E
Rosales Pangasinan RPLR Rosales Airport Community 15°53′06″N 120°36′16″E
San Fernando La Union SFE RPUS San Fernando (Poro Point) Airport Community 16°35′41″N 120°18′13″E
Siocon Zamboanga del Norte XSO RPNO Siocon Airport Community 07°42′35″N 122°09′44″E
Siquijor Siquijor RPVZ (RPSQ) Siquijor Airport Community 09°12′38″N 123°28′09″E
Sorsogon City Sorsogon RPLZ (RPXU) Sorsogon (Gabao/Bacon) Airport Community 13°00′26″N 124°01′34″E
Ubay Bohol RPSN (RPBY) Ubay Airport Community 10°03′33″N 124°25′31″E
Vigan Ilocos Sur VGN RPUQ Mindoro (Vigan) Airport Community 17°33′17″N 120°21′22″E
Wao Lanao del Sur Wao Airport Community
Chủ Nhật, 14 tháng 10, 2012
Taxis in Manila are really cheap
What is the average taxi fare from Manila International airport to Malate?
I'd like to get some idea so I won't overpay too much. Thanks.
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Taxis in Manila are really cheap - which is why the drivers are reluctant to turn on the meter.
The fare varies because of the exact route and time taken, but a couple of years back a metered trip to malate was around P100. The "official" negotiated price is usually around 4 times that.
But don't forget, we're talking about the difference between $US2 and $US8, so it's not going to empty your bank account. I always figure the first cab ride in any destination is going to be a rip-off. I call it my personal arrival tax, until I figure out the 'real' fares. Don't let it spoil your trip.
>>>>>>> White taxis should be ok. At least most of them but you can't be too sure so if your budget allows, for $10, take the yellow cab. Getting white ones in the city would be fine but I wouldn't recommend it from the airport
>>>>>>>> 150 to 200 pesos. Goon the yellow taxis, they're regulated. When riding other taxis insist on the meter or threaten to call and report them to LTFRB. You canget their hotline number on their website
Taxis in Manila are really cheap, Taxis in Manila are really cheap, Taxis in Manila are really cheap
I'd like to get some idea so I won't overpay too much. Thanks.
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Taxis in Manila are really cheap - which is why the drivers are reluctant to turn on the meter.
The fare varies because of the exact route and time taken, but a couple of years back a metered trip to malate was around P100. The "official" negotiated price is usually around 4 times that.
But don't forget, we're talking about the difference between $US2 and $US8, so it's not going to empty your bank account. I always figure the first cab ride in any destination is going to be a rip-off. I call it my personal arrival tax, until I figure out the 'real' fares. Don't let it spoil your trip.
>>>>>>> White taxis should be ok. At least most of them but you can't be too sure so if your budget allows, for $10, take the yellow cab. Getting white ones in the city would be fine but I wouldn't recommend it from the airport
>>>>>>>> 150 to 200 pesos. Goon the yellow taxis, they're regulated. When riding other taxis insist on the meter or threaten to call and report them to LTFRB. You canget their hotline number on their website
Taxis in Manila are really cheap, Taxis in Manila are really cheap, Taxis in Manila are really cheap
Taxi scam, Manila Taxi scam, Manila Airport Taxi scam
Taxi scam, Manila Taxi scam, Manila Airport Taxi scam
I have heard a report that there is a taxi scam taking place at the arrival area of Terminal 2 of NAIA. This is the terminal for PAL flights. There will be uniformed men asking if you need a cab and they will take you to the a room. They even have receipts, a sign board with prices for different destinations. However, you will be overcharged and you will be taken to a unmarked car. Some people say the signboard has prices in US dollars.
AFAIK, there are 2 official airport taxis. When you get out of the arrival area of Terminal 2, turn to the right. You will find the Nissan Rent a car booth.
http://www.nissanrentacar.com/contact.do
Than take a look and see if you can the queue for the yellow metered taxis. They are usually cheaper than the Nissan coupon taxis. They look like this
http://wisiwib.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/manila-yellow-airport-taxi/111120085547-small/
hmnn, its nice to get a hold of an information like this. same as usual i will go back to Pinas again, and since im not into the "balikbayan fanfare" mode, i will just arrive from PAL, get an airport taxi to my local bus terminal and then go home. nothing fancy. just basic, "commute."
so i will be at the "mercy" of the airport taxi. i just cant believe they let this people go on and do their scam/stuff inside the airport. don't you think? anyway, this info helps. thx!!!!
These are some of the sad stories which I wish I could deny but are most often true. Any visitor coming into the Philippines (or any country) should not have to experience this.
Ideally, if you can get someone, a friend or a relative to pick you up, that would be best. I hope that the government pushes through with the plan of connecting an MRT station straight to the airport.
7APR2012: okay, this is it. when i arrive at naia 2 i have two choices, the coupon airport taxi (P330) or the yellow airport taxi (initial flagdown rate is P70) , actually a man carrying a booklet of receipts of the supposed fare approached me and asked me where i am going, so i told him, pasay victory liner terminal. he said “$18 dollars lang sir,” okay, that offer simply does not work. he thinks he can do a rip-off. so i declined. anyway, i simply choose the yellow taxi. so they are located on the far right (as the coupon/white taxis are on the left.) so i memorized the taxi’s body number (pretended also to check the plate number), went in and then we go. i had a little chat with the driver because he keeps asking questions. anyway, i told him im from taiwan, (not canada). hehe. baka kikilan pa ako neto ng canadian dollars. anyway, this was a sabado gloria morning so not much traffic on the route actually. we arrive at the victory terminal, i checked the meter, it reads P273. which i think was a normal read but it turn out to be suspect of cheating i tell you. anyway, i went out of the taxi. took out all my baggage and then paid him P300 (tip included lol). so if i used the coupon taxi which charged P330, and im pretty sure the driver would ask for a tip, say i give him, P50 so i will in theory pay P350 on the white taxi so i think its a better option just to use the yellow taxi.
25APR2012: anyway, coming back again, (vacation in pinas is over na) this time, from pasay victory liner (inside), i rode another yellow airport taxi which just landed a passenger from the airport going back to naia 2 (centennial terminal) and initially i thought that the driver used the long route because it took a long time (oh well traffic) and when i get out of the taxi when i was in naia2 already, the meter reads only, i mean only fuckin P190. remember, i rode a yellow airport taxi that has a meter reading P273. but this time its only P190, i gave the driver P30 tip to make the fare P220. during the trip, he also asked where i am headed, and i just told him “abroad” i dont want telling to strangers where i am going because i am not asking directions. LOL. anyway, he did not bother asking anymore questions!
I have heard a report that there is a taxi scam taking place at the arrival area of Terminal 2 of NAIA. This is the terminal for PAL flights. There will be uniformed men asking if you need a cab and they will take you to the a room. They even have receipts, a sign board with prices for different destinations. However, you will be overcharged and you will be taken to a unmarked car. Some people say the signboard has prices in US dollars.
AFAIK, there are 2 official airport taxis. When you get out of the arrival area of Terminal 2, turn to the right. You will find the Nissan Rent a car booth.
http://www.nissanrentacar.com/contact.do
Than take a look and see if you can the queue for the yellow metered taxis. They are usually cheaper than the Nissan coupon taxis. They look like this
http://wisiwib.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/manila-yellow-airport-taxi/111120085547-small/
hmnn, its nice to get a hold of an information like this. same as usual i will go back to Pinas again, and since im not into the "balikbayan fanfare" mode, i will just arrive from PAL, get an airport taxi to my local bus terminal and then go home. nothing fancy. just basic, "commute."
so i will be at the "mercy" of the airport taxi. i just cant believe they let this people go on and do their scam/stuff inside the airport. don't you think? anyway, this info helps. thx!!!!
These are some of the sad stories which I wish I could deny but are most often true. Any visitor coming into the Philippines (or any country) should not have to experience this.
Ideally, if you can get someone, a friend or a relative to pick you up, that would be best. I hope that the government pushes through with the plan of connecting an MRT station straight to the airport.
7APR2012: okay, this is it. when i arrive at naia 2 i have two choices, the coupon airport taxi (P330) or the yellow airport taxi (initial flagdown rate is P70) , actually a man carrying a booklet of receipts of the supposed fare approached me and asked me where i am going, so i told him, pasay victory liner terminal. he said “$18 dollars lang sir,” okay, that offer simply does not work. he thinks he can do a rip-off. so i declined. anyway, i simply choose the yellow taxi. so they are located on the far right (as the coupon/white taxis are on the left.) so i memorized the taxi’s body number (pretended also to check the plate number), went in and then we go. i had a little chat with the driver because he keeps asking questions. anyway, i told him im from taiwan, (not canada). hehe. baka kikilan pa ako neto ng canadian dollars. anyway, this was a sabado gloria morning so not much traffic on the route actually. we arrive at the victory terminal, i checked the meter, it reads P273. which i think was a normal read but it turn out to be suspect of cheating i tell you. anyway, i went out of the taxi. took out all my baggage and then paid him P300 (tip included lol). so if i used the coupon taxi which charged P330, and im pretty sure the driver would ask for a tip, say i give him, P50 so i will in theory pay P350 on the white taxi so i think its a better option just to use the yellow taxi.
25APR2012: anyway, coming back again, (vacation in pinas is over na) this time, from pasay victory liner (inside), i rode another yellow airport taxi which just landed a passenger from the airport going back to naia 2 (centennial terminal) and initially i thought that the driver used the long route because it took a long time (oh well traffic) and when i get out of the taxi when i was in naia2 already, the meter reads only, i mean only fuckin P190. remember, i rode a yellow airport taxi that has a meter reading P273. but this time its only P190, i gave the driver P30 tip to make the fare P220. during the trip, he also asked where i am headed, and i just told him “abroad” i dont want telling to strangers where i am going because i am not asking directions. LOL. anyway, he did not bother asking anymore questions!
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