Catbalogan Airport

Catbalogan Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: RPVY) is an airport located in Catbalogan City, the capital of Samar, Philippines. It is classified as a community airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), a body of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) that is responsible for the operations of not only this airport but also other airports in the Philippines except the major international airports. Catbalogan Airport is located in Barangay Cabugawan on Buri Island, connected via land bridge of Route 675 to the coast of Barangay Silanga, Catbalogan City.

Catbalogan Airport

Luparan han Catbalogan ,Paliparan ng Catbalogan
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorCivil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
ServesCatbalogan City
LocationBrgy. Cabugawan, Catbalogan City, Samar
Coordinates11°48′36″N 124°49′48″E
Map
RPVY
Location of airport in Philippines
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
1,300 4,265 Concrete

Air Juan launched commercial flights between Cebu City and Catbalogan City in March 2018.

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Air Juan Cebu

History

In 1995, the government approved 57 million pesos ($2.2 million) for building the airport - a pet project of Congressman Catalino Figueroa, a member of former president Fidel Ramos's Lakas-NUCD party.

In July 2006, Congressman Figueroa visited the Palace and requested funding for Samar roads and the Catbalogan Domestic Airport in Buri, Catbalogan City. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo granted P20-M for the initial implementation of the said airport.[1]

As part of the government's airport modernization program, DOTr Sec. Art Tugade visited the Catbalogan Airport in August 2017 with plans to expand it by 2018 as one of its priority projects.

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-06. Retrieved 2013-10-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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