Tagbilaran Airport

Tagbilaran Airport
Tugpahanan sa Tagbilaran (Cebuano)
Paliparan ng Tagbilaran (Tagalog)

Tagbilaran Airport terminal building
IATA: TAG – ICAO: RPVT
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
Serves Tagbilaran
Location Barangay Taloto, Tagbilaran
Elevation AMSL 12 m / 38 ft
Coordinates 09°39′50.69″N 123°51′11.69″E / 9.6640806°N 123.8532472°E / 9.6640806; 123.8532472Coordinates: 09°39′50.69″N 123°51′11.69″E / 9.6640806°N 123.8532472°E / 9.6640806; 123.8532472
Map
TAG/RPVT

Location in the Philippines

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
17/35 1,779 5,837 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passengers 734,207
Aircraft movements 3,686
Metric tonnes of cargo 3,273
  • Includes military activity
  • Statistics from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines.[1]

Tagbilaran Airport (Cebuano: Tugpahanan sa Tagbilaran, Tagalog: Paliparan ng Tagbilaran) (IATA: TAG, ICAO: RPVT) is an airport serving the general area of Tagbilaran, the capital city of the province of Bohol in the Philippines. The airport is classified as a Principal Airport Class 1 by the CAAP, a body of the Department of Transportation and Communications responsible for implementing policies on civil aviation to assure safe, economic and efficient air travel, and the handling of operations on all airports except major international airports.

The 2013 Bohol earthquake caused damage including the collapse of a ceiling in the control tower. Operations were suspended for three hours but later resumed.[2]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Cebu Pacific Manila
Philippine Airlines
operated by PAL Express 		Manila
Philippines AirAsia Manila
A Philippine Airlines A320-200 ready for takeoff at Tagbilaran Airport in 2012 
Cebu Pacific Airbus A319 at Tagbilaran Airport in 2009 
Cebu Pacific Airbus A320 landing at Tagbilaran Airport in 2007 

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Philippine Aircraft, Passenger and Cargo Statistics 2001-2010". March 24, 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Regalado, Cherrie (17 October 2013). "Quake impact on Cebu, Bohol airports 'minimal'". Rappler. Rappler Inc. Retrieved 25 October 2014.


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