Alaminos Airport, also known as Hundred Islands International Airport, in the
Philippines
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got its approval in 2007, but its location was not decided upon until 2009 within the area of
Alaminos,
Pangasinan
Pangasinan, officially the Province of Pangasinan ( pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Pangasinan, ; ilo, Probinsia ti Pangasinan; tl, Lalawigan ng Pangasinan), is a coastal province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region of Luzon. Its capit ...
. Construction began in March 2010 and it was expected to open for domestic flights by 2012-13, but then set for 2016-17 and for international flights by 2022, encompassing an area of 158.5 ha within the
barangay
A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolitan ...
s of Sabangan, Pandan, and Telbang. It has an estimated cost of 3.9 billion
Philippine peso
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s. Currently the project has been stalled for various reasons.
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Airports in the Philippines
Transportation in Pangasinan
Buildings and structures in Pangasinan