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Pagadian Airport ( Cebuano: ''Tugpahanan sa Pagadian''; Chavacano: ''Aeropuerto de Pagadian'') , classified ''Principal Airport Class 1'' or ''major domestic'' by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), is the airport serving the city of Pagadian, the rest of the province of Zamboanga del Sur, and the province of Zamboanga Sibugay in the Philippines. The CAAP is the arm of the Department of Transportation which operates all the airports in the Philippines except the major international airports.
The airport is located approximately 5 kilometers from the city center and is situated in Barangays Muricay and Tiguma in Pagadian.
In 2006, the airport underwent a PHP 379.46 million-worth (US$8.72 million) rehabilitation and facility upgrade and was completed in December 2009.
On October 9, 2009, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo inaugurated the renovated airport. The first aircraft to land on the rehabilitated runway was a
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Airlines and destinations
Renovation and re-opening
In 2006, the airport underwent a PHP 379.46 million-worth (US$8.72 million) rehabilitation and facility upgrade and was completed in December 2009.
On October 9, 2009, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo inaugurated the renovated airport. The first aircraft to land on the rehabilitated runway was a Fokker 70
The Fokker 70 is a narrow-body, twin-engined, medium-range, turbofan regional airliner designed and produced by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker.
It was developed during the early 1990s as a smaller version of the newly-developed Fokker ...
of the Philippine Air Force
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) ( tgl, Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas, , Army of the Air of the Philippines) ( es, Ejército Aérea del Filipinas, , Ejército de la Aérea de la Filipinas) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Armed Forc ...
carrying the Presidential Security Group (PSG) followed by a chartered Dornier 328 of the Royal Star Aviation with tail number RP-C8328 carrying the presidential entourage. The chartered jet from San Miguel Corporation with tail number RP-C8576 which served as the presidential jet was last to land.
The airport officially recommenced commercial operation on April 27, 2010, accommodating the first Cebu Pacific flight from Cebu City to Pagadian. The same airline also sent a plane from Manila to Pagadian on June 9, 2010, which commenced the airline's Pagadian to/from Manila flight offering.
Under Aquino's PPP program, the airport was entitled to a 42 million subsidy for upgrading of its facilities. This includes extension of runway, widening of taxiway, rehabilitation and improvement of passenger terminal building, improvement and expansion of vehicular parking area, construction of drainage system, and construction of perimeter fence.
See also
*List of airports in the Philippines
This is a list of airports in the Philippines, grouped by type.
Classification
Regulation over airports and aviation in the Philippines lies with the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). The CAAP's classification system, introduce ...
References
External links
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