Cauayan Airport (

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: ''Paliparan ng Cauayan'', Ilokano: ''Pagtayaban ti Cauayan'') is an airport serving the general area of Cauayan, a city in

Isabela province ; gad, Probinsia na Isabela; tl, Lalawigan ng Isabela) , settlement_type = , image_skyline = , image_caption = (from top: left to right) Pacific coast in Dinapigue, Sierra Madre Mountains, Magat Dam, Cagaya ...

in the

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. It is one of three commercial airports in Isabela, the other being Palanan Airport in the town of

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and Maconacon Airport in the town of

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. It is classified as a secondary airport, or a minor commercial domestic airport, by the Air Transportation Office, a body of the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the operations of not only this airport but also of all other airports in the Philippines except the major international airports. Between 1999 and 2008, the airport hosted no commercial flights. Proposal were made to reintroduce commercial service the airport, such as an independent Manila-Cauayan route, as well as a route further on to

Tuguegarao Airport Tuguegarao Airport ( ilo, Pagtayaban ti Tuguegarao; itv, Pakkayabban ya Tuguegarao; fil, Paliparan ng Tuguegarao) is an airport serving the general area of Tuguegarao, the capital city of the province of Cagayan in the Philippines. Located alo ...

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.Cagayan bats for Manila flights

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, July 13, 2005 After almost a decade of not hosting commercial service, Cauayan Airport re-opened to commercial traffic on August 15, 2008 using

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aircraft, marking the return of

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to Cauayan, having stopped its services to the city in 1994. At present, Cebu Pacific uses Airbus A320 for its Manila-Cauayan-Manila route. The airport was renovated and night rated to allow night landing and takeoff in the airport.

Airlines and destinations

Incidents and accidents

Cauayan Airport was the airport of origin and destination for two fatal incidents in Philippine aviation:

Philippine Airlines Flight 215 Philippine Airlines Flight 215 was the route designator for a Philippine Airlines flight from Cauayan Airport to Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manila International Airport which exploded en route to Manila. Accident On April 21, 1970, Fli ...

en route to Manila and

Asian Spirit Flight 100 Asian Spirit Flight 100 was a Let L-410 Turbolet that crashed into a mountainside between the municipalities of Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya, and Cabarroguis, Quirino, in the Philippines on December 7, 1999. The aircraft was en route to Cauayan in Isa ...

en route from Manila. Notably, it was Asian Spirit Flight 100 that forced the closure of the Manila-Cauayan route in 1999.

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Airlines and destinations

Incidents and accidents

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