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.