Puerto Princesa International Airport
Puerto Princesa International Airport Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Puerto Princesa | |||||||||||
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AMSL 22 m / 71 ft | | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 09°44′31″N 118°45′32″E / 9.74194°N 118.75889°E | ||||||||||
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Puerto Princesa International Airport (IATA: PPS, ICAO: RPVP) is an airport serving the general area of Puerto Princesa, located in the province of Palawan in the Philippines. It is classified as an international airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines.
The airport is the main gateway to the
History
World War II
The airport was built by American
On December 14, 1944, occupying Japanese soldiers herded 150 remaining American POWs that constructed the airstrip into air raid trenches, doused them with gasoline, set them afire, then machine-gunned and bayoneted them to death. Among them was Army Capt. Fred Bruni, the Palawan POWs’ senior officer, who was from Janesville, Wisconsin with the
Post-war
After liberation of the Palawan in April 1945, a number of US Army Air Forces units were stationed at the airport facility. These included the
US Army and Navy Engineers of the 1897th Engineer Aviation Battalion and the 84th Naval Construction Battalion immediately rehabilitated the facility and completed as a military airbase in March 1945.[3] The Army and Navy engineers expanded the airfield, strengthening the runway by laying steel Marston Mats and concrete, adding air control facilities and tanks to store oil and aviation fuel.
Expansion and contemporary history
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To meet the growing air transportation demands of Puerto Princesa and the province of Palawan, in 2014, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) awarded a $82.9-million (₱2.616 billion) contract to the joint venture of Kumho Industrial Co. Ltd. and GS Engineering & Construction for the construction of new passenger terminal and cargo terminal building, a new apron, connecting taxiways, new state-of-the-art air navigation system, and other support facilities in compliance with the international civil aviation standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).[5] The new terminal was officially inaugurated on May 3, 2017 and opened for commercial operations on the next day.[6]
Between 2013 and 2014, MASwings operated flight routes to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.[7][8] Philippine Airlines operated chartered flights from China, South Korea, and Taiwan in 2018.[9] Meanwhile, Tigerair Taiwan launched commercial international flights to the airport from Taipei on June 7, 2019.[10] Cebu Pacific also launched flights to Hong Kong from the airport on November 17 of that year.[11] In March 2020, international flights were suspended due to the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, along with flights in Manila and Clark.[12]
The largest aircraft accommodated by Puerto Princesa International Airport is a chartered
Structures
Terminal
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The airport has a 13,000-square-meter (140,000 sq ft) two-level passenger terminal with a capacity of two million passengers annually and a seating capacity of 1,500. It was built by the joint venture of Kumho Industrial Co. Ltd. and GS Engineering & Construction. Its apron has six aircraft bays (four for
The new terminal replaced the 3,000-square-meter (32,000 sq ft) old passenger terminal with an annual capacity of 350,000 passengers[5] and an apron with four parking bays.[16] In 2019, the terminal was equipped with free WiFi for all travellers. [17]
Runway
The airport consists of a single 2,600-meter-long (8,500 ft) and 45-meter-wide (148 ft)[18] runway running at a direction of 09°/27°. The airport shares its single runway with Antonio Bautista Air Base. The runway is equipped with an instrument landing system, runway lights, and approach landing lights making the airport capable of nighttime operations as well as low visibility landings.
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
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Cebgo | Cebu, Iloilo |
Cebu Pacific | Cebu, Manila |
PAL Express | Cebu, Manila |
Philippine Airlines | Cebu |
Philippines AirAsia | Cebu, Manila |
Taipei–Taoyuan
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Statistics
Data from Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP).[2]
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Year | Passenger movements | Aircraft movements | Cargo movements (in kg) | |||||||||
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Domestic | International | Total | % change | Domestic | International | Total | % change | Domestic | International | Total | % change | |
2003 | 195,975 | 0 | 195,975 | ![]() |
3,346 | 0 | 3,346 | ![]() |
5,001,051 | 0 | 5,001,051 | ![]() |
2004 | 271,769 | 161 | 271,930 | ![]() |
4,390 | 12 | 4,402 | ![]() |
4,500,599 | — | 4,500,599 | ![]() |
2005 | 267,778 | 0 | 267,778 | ![]() |
3,916 | 0 | 3,916 | ![]() |
4,744,915 | 0 | 4,744,915 | ![]() |
2006 | 284,110 | 0 | 284,110 | ![]() |
3,780 | 0 | 3,780 | ![]() |
3,912,209 | 0 | 3,912,209 | ![]() |
2007 | 392,039 | 0 | 392,039 | ![]() |
4,538 | 0 | 4,538 | ![]() |
4,480,615 | 0 | 4,480,615 | ![]() |
2008 | 444,878 | 0 | 444,878 | ![]() |
4,990 | 0 | 4,990 | ![]() |
4,580,557 | 0 | 4,580,557 | ![]() |
2009 | 584,186 | 0 | 584,186 | ![]() |
4,236 | 0 | 4,236 | ![]() |
5,439,799 | 0 | 5,439,799 | ![]() |
2010 | 807,916 | 0 | 807,916 | ![]() |
3,760 | 0 | 3,760 | ![]() |
8,972,631 | 0 | 8,972,631 | ![]() |
2011 | 988,972 | 0 | 988,972 | ![]() |
4,248 | 0 | 4,248 | ![]() |
9,294,017 | 0 | 9,294,017 | ![]() |
2012 | 1,322,925 | 0 | 1,322,925 | ![]() |
12,046 | 0 | 12,046 | ![]() |
10,938,901 | 0 | 10,938,901 | ![]() |
2013 | 1,357,531 | 12,894 | 1,370,425 | ![]() |
10,512 | 2,684 | 13,196 | ![]() |
12,699,299 | — | 12,699,299 | ![]() |
2014 | 1,371,651 | 6,929 | 1,378,580 | ![]() |
13,130 | 224 | 13,354 | ![]() |
15,038,825 | — | 15,038,825 | ![]() |
2015 | 1,564,914 | 26,804 | 1,591,718 | ![]() |
14,222 | 184 | 14,406 | ![]() |
14,278,467 | 133,614 | 14,412,081 | ![]() |
2016 | 1,612,640 | 31,363 | 1,644,003 | ![]() |
13,813 | 191 | 14,004 | ![]() |
17,136,857 | 116,870 | 17,253,727 | ![]() |
2017 | 1,767,157 | 22,958 | 1,790,115 | ![]() |
15,682 | 155 | 15,837 | ![]() |
16,173,990 | 833,190 | 17,007,180 | ![]() |
2018 | 2,046,628 | 99,722 | 2,146,350 | ![]() |
19,404 | 683 | 20,087 | ![]() |
16,955,042 | 13,029 | 16,968,071 | ![]() |
2019 | 2,019,542 | 144,189 | 2,163,731 | ![]() |
17,423 | 1,033 | 18,456 | ![]() |
20,042,720 | — | 20,042,720 | ![]() |
2020 | 453,610 | 21,712 | 475,322 | ![]() |
6,375 | 194 | 6,569 | ![]() |
9,730,214 | — | 9,730,214 | ![]() |
2021 | 132,420 | — | 132,420 | ![]() |
5,801 | 9 | 5,810 | ![]() |
13,132,851 | — | 13,132,851 | ![]() |
2022 | 1,121,047 | 326 | 1,121,373 | ![]() |
8,923 | 9 | 8,931 | ![]() |
14,139,882 | — | 14,139,882 | ![]() |
An em dash (—) is used when data from CAAP is not available.
Accidents and incidents
- On January 11, 2011, Cebu Pacific Flight 645, an Airbus A319 from Manila with 129 passengers and 6 crews on board, swerved off the runway upon landing after touchdown. Though the pilot maneuvered the aircraft back to the runway, the aircraft sustained substantial damage on its nose and main landing gear with other damages on the left and right engine fan blades, aircraft underbelly and underwings. No one on board was injured.[19]
- On April 11, 2012, a Airbus A320 while sitting on the apron around 6:30 p.m. The incident severed Zest Airways' navigation lights forcing the airline to cancel their return flight to Manila.[20]
See also
Footnotes and references
Footnotes
- ^ Runway 09 is 2,400 meters (7,900 ft) long with a displaced threshold of 220 meters (720 ft).
References
- ^ "Air Juan Philippine Flight Destinations". Air Juan Aviation, Inc. Archived from the original on May 23, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
- ^ a b "Aircraft, Passenger, and Cargo Movements". Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Puerto Princesa Airfield (Palawan)". Pacific Wrecks. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
- ^ "Philippine Airlines - PAL".
- ^ a b "Kumho-GS joint venture wins Puerto Princesa Airport project in Phillipines [sic]". Airport Technology. May 19, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
- ^ "Puerto Princesa International Airport Terminal opens on May 4 - Palawan News". Palawan News. Archived from the original on February 20, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
- ^ "Travel to Kota Kinabalu cut due to new flights". inquirer.net. 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
- ^ "MASwings drops Kuching-Mulu-Bandar Seri Begawan route". The Edge Malaysia. 2014. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
- ^ Formoso, Celeste Anna (July 26, 2018). "Int'l direct flights boost tourist arrivals in Puerto Princesa". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
- ^ Policarpio, Peter (June 11, 2019). "Tigerair's new Taiwan – Puerto Princesa flight lands in Palawan". Palawan Daily News. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
- ^ Borda, Sevedeo III (November 18, 2019). "Cebu Pacific inaugurates Palawan to Hong Kong and Clark routes". Palawan Daily News. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
- ^ Balinbin, Arjay L.; Cortez, Gillian M. (March 17, 2020). "Philippine capital suspends international flights". BusinessWorld. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
- ^ Manabat, Jacque (May 3, 2017). "New Puerto Princesa International Airport opens". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
- ^ "Domestic Lounge". www.philippineairlines.com. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
- ^ "PAGSS Lounge PPS Airport Lounges Puerto Princesa International". www.prioritypass.com. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
- ^ a b "LOOK: Puerto Princesa International Airport's new terminal". Rappler. May 4, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
- ^ "Puerto Princesa Airport: all you need to know - Couple's Travel Stories". December 22, 2023. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
- ^ "Development, Operations and Maintenance of Puerto Princesa Airport" (PDF). Public-Private Partnership Center.
- ^ "Aircraft Accident Investigation and Inquiry Board Aircraft Accident Report" (PDF). CAAP. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
- ^ Dinglasan, Rouchelle R. (April 10, 2012). "Cebu Pacific nicks Zest Air plane on Palawan airport tarmac". GMA News. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
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