Kabankalan City Domestic Airport (

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: ''Paliparang Domestiko ng Lungsod ng Kabankalan'', Hiligaynon: ''Pangsulod-pungsod nga Hulugpaan sang Dakbanwa sang Kabankalan'') is a proposed

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designed to serve the general area of

Kabankalan Kabankalan, officially the City of Kabankalan ( hil, Dakbanwa sang Kabankalan; ceb, Dakbayan sa Kabankalan; fil, Lungsod ng Kabankalan), is a 1st class component city in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 c ...

, located in the province of

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in the

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. The airport would be the second airport in Negros Occidental, after the

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, and the third airport on the island of

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. It is located four kilometers northeast of the Kabankalan City Proper on a 100-hectare site in Barangay Hilamonan.Purchase of airport site in Kabankalan set: Zayco
Visayan Daily Star, February 11, 2006 The airport was mentioned in the 2006 State of the Nation Address of President

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, although the project is not receiving any funding from the Philippine government. The project is financed completely by the city government of Kabankalan, with the airport costing the city government around two hundred million

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. Construction on the new airport commenced on March 9, 2007, with completion slated supposedly by 2010.Kabankalan airport ready by 2010

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, retrieved March 26, 2008 As of 2022, the installation of the concrete for the runway had neared completion, but funds for the construction of the terminal had not yet been allocated. However, as of 2022 it has not yet been classified by the

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and the construction is still on the works after it was placed on hold.

Structure

Kabankalan City Domestic Airport will initially contain both cargo and passenger terminals, a

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and loading and navigation systems.Kabankalan City builds Domestic Airport
,

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, retrieved May 31, 2007 It will also have an initial 1,800-meter

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,ATO preparing plans for Kabankalan airport
Visayan Daily Star, July 7, 2005 although some sources indicate that the runway can have a length of up to 3,000 meters. It is said that some of the equipment of Mandurriao Airport in Iloilo City, when closed, will be transferred and used at this airport.Country in crucial stage of political history, says Negros Occ. guv

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, March 24, 2007 However, equipment and personnel instead from the old Bacolod City Domestic Airport will run and man the facility.

Structure

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