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Puerto Princesa International Airport (Filipino: Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Puerto Princesa; 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.

Puerto Princesa International Airport

Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Puerto Princesa
  • IATA: PPS
  • ICAO: RPVP
  • WMO: 98618
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorCivil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
ServesPuerto Princesa
LocationSan Miguel, Puerto Princesa, Palawan
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL22 m / 71 ft
Coordinates09°44′31″N 118°45′32″E
Map
PPS/RPVP
Location in the Philippines
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 2,601 8,560 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers132,420
72.14%
Aircraft movements5,810
11.55%
Cargo (in kg)13,132,851
34.97%
Source: CAAP[3]

The airport is the main gateway to the Puerto Princesa Underground River, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature.


History



World War II


The airport was built by American POWs during the World War II from August 1942 to September 1944. It was used to accommodate large Japanese transport aircraft to complement the grass airstrip south of the present-day location of NCCC Mall Palawan in Lacao Street. The airstrip was constructed by hand by the POWs using crushed corals for illuminating night landings. The finished airfield has an area of 7,200 ft (2,195 m) by 675 ft (205 m) with two runways.

On December 14, 1944, occupying Japanese soldiers herded 150 remaining American POWs who had constructed the air strip on Palawan (today's Puerto Princesa International Airport and Antonio Bautista Air Base) 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 192nd Tank Battalion. Only eleven men escaped the Palawan massacre to be rescued by guerrillas. The story of their ordeal persuaded General Douglas MacArthur that the rumored order for the retreating Japanese to “kill all” prisoners was being implemented, thus his rush to liberate the Philippines.

Imperial Japanese Army Air Force units based there were:

After liberation of the Palawan in April 1945, a number US Army Air Forces units were stationed at the airport facility. These included:


Post war


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 on March 18, 1945. The Army and Navy engineers further expand the airfield, strengthening the runway by laying steel Marston Mats and concrete, adding air control facilities and tanks to store oil and aviation fuel.

As early of 1947, Puerto Princesa is opened for air travel. The first scheduled route, operated by Philippine Airlines (Philippine Air Lines), was from Manila to Puerto Princesa via San Jose, Mindoro and vice versa. The flight was scheduled during Wednesdays utilizing the DC-3 aircraft. During the early 60's, Puerto Princesa catered its first direct flight from Manila using the Vickers Viscount aircraft and welcomed its first jet service via BAC 1-11 by late 70's. Both are operated by Philippine Airlines. [4] By the late 1990's, Puerto Princesa Airport welcomed its first wide-body aircraft service with Airbus A300 dubbed as the "Love Bus" operated by Philippine Airlines.


Fate of old terminal


The old terminal apron is utilized as an additional parking space for general aviation aircraft as well as large aircraft such as the Airbus A320. As of March 2022, the old terminal is now operated by Philippine Air Force Tactical Operations Wing West.

The Philippine Airlines ticketing office was relocated at the main city proper at the Getan Square building.


Terminal and structures



New passenger terminal


To meet the growing air transportation demands of Puerto Princesa and the Province of Palawan, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) awarded the $82.9-million (₱2.616 billion) contract to the Kumho Industrial Co. Ltd. GS Engineering & Construction Joint Venture (Kumho-GS), a South Korean company for the construction of new passenger terminal and cargo terminal building, a new apron with six aircraft bays (four for narrow-body aircraft and two for wide-body aircraft as large as the Airbus A330, Airbus A350 and Boeing 787), 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). The project was completed 30 months (approximately two years) from the groundbreaking rites.

The new passenger terminal complex has an upgraded handling capacity of two million passengers annually, with an estimated peak passenger flow of 690 passengers per hour. It was officially inaugurated on May 3, 2017 and opened for commercial operations on the next day.[5]


Runway


The airport consists of a single 2,600-meter-long (8,500 ft) and 45-meter-wide (148 ft)[6] 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.


Airport lounges


The airport consists of two major airport lounges.


Future expansion


Phase 2 of the airport development includes expansion of the passenger terminal building, construction of a parallel taxiway, additional apron area and a runway extension.[6]


Statistics


Data from Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP).[9][10][11][12]

Annual passenger traffic at PPS airport. See Wikidata query.
Year Passenger movements Aircraft movements Cargo movements (in kg)
DomesticInternationalTotal % change DomesticInternationalTotal % change DomesticInternationalTotal % change
2003 195,9750195,9753,34603,3465,001,05105,001,051
2004 271,769161271,930 38.764,390124,402 31.564,500,5994,500,599 10.01
2005 267,7780267,778 1.533,91603,916 11.044,744,91504,744,915 5.43
2006 284,1100284,110 6.103,78003,780 3.473,912,20903,912,209 17.55
2007 392,0390392,039 37.994,53804,538 20.054,480,61504,480,615 14.53
2008 444,8780444,878 13.484,99004,990 9.964,580,55704,580,557 2.23
2009 584,1860584,186 31.314,23604,236 15.115,439,79905,439,799 18.76
2010 807,9160807,916 38.303,76003,760 11.248,972,63108,972,631 64.94
2011 988,9720988,972 22.414,24804,248 12.989,294,01709,294,017 3.58
2012 1,322,92501,322,925 33.7712,046012,046 183.5710,938,901010,938,901 17.70
2013 1,357,53112,8941,370,425 3.5910,5122,68413,196 9.5512,699,29912,699,299 16.09
2014 1,371,6516,9291,378,580 0.6013,13022413,354 1.2015,038,82515,038,825 18.42
2015 1,564,91426,8041,591,718 15.4614,22218414,406 7.8814,278,467133,61414,412,081 4.17
2016 1,612,64031,3631,644,003 3.2813,81319114,004 2.7917,136,857116,87017,253,727 19.72
2017 1,767,15722,9581,790,115 8.8915,68215515,837 13.0916,173,990833,19017,007,180 1.43
2018 2,046,62899,7222,146,350 19.9019,40468320,087 26.8416,955,04213,02916,968,071 0.23
2019 2,019,542144,1892,163,731 0.8117,4231,03318,456 8.1220,042,72020,042,720 18.12
2020 453,61021,712475,322 78.036,3751946,569 64.419,730,2149,730,214 51.4
2021 132,420132,420 72.145,80195,810 11.5513,132,85113,132,851 34.97

An em dash (—) is used when data from CAAP is not available.


Airlines and destinations


AirlinesDestinations
Air Juan Busuanga, Cuyo, San Vicente, Sipalay, Taytay
AirSWIFT Manila
Cebu Pacific Cebu, Manila
PAL Express Cebu, Manila
Philippine Airlines Manila
Philippines AirAsia Cebu, Manila
Sunlight Air Manila[13]

Accidents and incidents





See also



References


  1. "Air Juan Philippine Flight Destinations". Air Juan Aviation, Inc. Archived from the original on May 23, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  2. "Philippines AirAsia (PAA) to make Palawan 4th Hub - The Exciting Centennial of Philippine Aviation". Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  3. Aircraft, Passenger, Cargo Movements 2021 (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (Report). Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  4. "Philippine Airlines - PAL".
  5. "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.
  6. "Development, Operations and Maintenance of Puerto Princesa Airport" (PDF). Public-Private Partnership Center.
  7. "Domestic Lounge". www.philippineairlines.com. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  8. "PAGSS Lounge PPS Airport Lounges Puerto Princesa International". www.prioritypass.com. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  9. Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (July 23, 2018). "Yearly Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Movements of all airports in the Philippines 1997-2017". Republic of the Philippines - Freedom of Information Portal. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  10. "eFOI - Electronic Freedom of Information - Request". eFOI - Electronic Freedom of Information. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  11. Aircraft, Passenger, Cargo Movements 2019 (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (Report). Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  12. Aircraft, Passenger, Cargo Movements 2020 (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (Report). Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  13. "Sunlight Air launches Manila-Cebu cargo flights, to launch Bacolod and Cagayan de Oro soon". www.aviationupdatesph.com. June 8, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  14. "Aircraft Accident Investigation and Inquiry Board Aircraft Accident Report" (PDF). CAAP. Retrieved December 30, 2017.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Air Force.




На других языках


[de] Flughafen Puerto Princesa

Der Puerto Princesa International Airport ist der Flughafen der Stadt Puerto Princesa auf der philippinischen Insel Palawan. Die Flugzeit zur philippinischen Hauptstadt Manila beträgt circa eine Stunde. Der Flughafen wird betrieben von der staatlichen philippinischen Luftfahrtbehörde (Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines), die ihn bis 2008 als Trunkline Airport (größerer kommerzieller Inlandsflughafen) klassifizierte. Seit 2009 wird er als International Airport klassifiziert. Der Flughafen befindet sich drei Kilometer östlich der Innenstadt Puerto Princesas (Postamt, City Tourist Office), an der Ost-West-Achse, der Rizal Avenue.
- [en] Puerto Princesa International Airport

[es] Aeropuerto Internacional de Puerto Princesa

El Aeropuerto Internacional de Puerto Princesa[1] (en tagalo: Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Puerto Princesa) (IATA: PPS, ICAO: RPVP) es un aeropuerto que sirve el área general de Puerto Princesa, situado en la provincia de Palawan en Filipinas.[2] Se clasifica como un aeropuerto internacional por la Autoridad de Aviación Civil de Filipinas.

[fr] Aéroport international de Puerto Princesa

L’aéroport international de Puerto Princesa (Tagalog : Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Puerto Princesa) (code IATA : PPS • code OACI : RPVP), est un aéroport qui dessert Puerto Princesa, sur l’ile de Palawan aux Philippines. C’est l’aéroport le plus proche du Parc national de la rivière souterraine de Puerto Princesa.

[it] Aeroporto di Puerto Princesa

L'aeroporto di Puerto Princesa[1] (tagallo: Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Puerto Princesa) (IATA: PPS, ICAO: RPVP), definito come internazionale dalle autorità dell'aviazione civile filippina[2] è un aeroporto filippino situato nella parte centrale dell'isola di Palawan, nella provincia di Palawan, nella regione del Visayas Occidentale. La struttura è dotata di una pista di asfalto lunga 2600 m, l'altitudine è di 8 m, l'orientamento della pista è RWY 09-27. L'aeroporto è aperto al traffico commerciale.



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