Tandag Airport ( sgd, Tugpahanan hong Tandag; ceb, Tugpahanan sa Tandag; fil, Paliparan ng Tandag) is the

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...

serving the general area of

Tandag Tandag, officially the City of Tandag ( Tandaganon/ Surigaonon: ''Siyudad nan Tandag''; Cebuano: ''Dakbayan sa Tandag''; fil, Lungsod ng Tandag), is a 5th class component city and capital of the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. Accor ...

, the capital city of

Surigao del Sur Surigao del Sur ( Surigaonon: ''Probinsya nan Surigao del Sur''; ceb, Habagatang Surigao; tl, Timog Surigao), officially the Province of Surigao del Sur, is a province in the Philippines located in the Caraga region in Mindanao. Its capital is T ...

in the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. It is one of two airports in Surigao del Sur, the other being

Bislig Airport Bislig Airport ( ceb, Tugpahanan sa Bislig; Surigaonon: ''Tugpahanan sang Bislig'') is an airport serving the general area of Bislig, located in the province of Surigao del Sur in the Philippines. The airport is classified as a community airpo ...

. The airport is classified as a Class 2 principal (minor domestic) airport by the

Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP, ; fil, Pangasiwaan sa Abyasyong Sibil ng Pilipinas) is the civil aviation authority of the Philippines and is responsible for implementing policies on civil aviation to assure safe, econo ...

, 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.

Cebu Pacific Air Cebu Air, Inc., operating as Cebu Pacific (), is a low-cost airline of the Philippines. Founded in 1988, it is Asia's oldest low-cost airline. It offers scheduled flights to both domestic and international destinations. The airline operates fl ...

was the sole airline that served Tandag Airport, with their thrice weekly Cebu-Tandag-Cebu flights, which was officially launched on June 29, 2014. It was operated by CebGo. The flights utilized an ATR 72-500, a 72-seater turboprop aircraft. However, in September 2018, the airline announced that they will be discontinuing the route because of a declining demand throughout the years.

Cebu Pacific Cebu Air, Inc., operating as Cebu Pacific (), is a low-cost airline of the Philippines. Founded in 1988, it is Asia's oldest low-cost airline. It offers scheduled flights to both domestic and international destinations. The airline operates fl ...

President and CEO Lance Gokongwei declared in a press release, "We suppose that terminating our route in the Cebu-Tandag-Cebu sector was a sound decision as there was a considerable decrease in demand for air travel to that place. It was only recently that we found out that launching the route was not as profitable as it was supposed to be since passengers soon opted to fly from Butuan instead."

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