Tuguegarao Airport ( ilo, Pagtayaban ti Tuguegarao; itv, Pakkayabban ya Tuguegarao; fil, Paliparan ng Tuguegarao) is an

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serving the general area of

Tuguegarao Tuguegarao ( or ), officially the City of Tuguegarao ( ibg, Siyudad nat Tugegaraw; itv, Siyudad yo Tugegaraw; ilo, Siudad ti Tuguegarao; fil, Lungsod ng Tuguegarao ), is a 3rd class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component ci ...

, the capital city of the province of

Cagayan Cagayan ( ), officially the Province of Cagayan ( ilo, Probinsia ti Cagayan; ibg, Provinsiya na Cagayan; itv, Provinsiya ya Cagayan; fil, Lalawigan ng Cagayan), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the C ...

in the

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. Located along

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, the airport is accessible from adjacent municipalities in

and northern Isabela. It is classified as a major commercial domestic airport by the Air Transportation Office. The airport is currently served by

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and charter airline

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. In 2018, Tuguegarao Airport recorded an annual passenger traffic of 384,819, a drastic increase of 83.81% from the previous year.Unless otherwise specified, data for 2018 is taken from the following document published in the Philippine Government's Freedom of Information Portal:

Statistics

Volume of passengers

Data of passenger movements is from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP).

Airlines and destinations

Terminal and apron

The airport consist of a 1,100 square meter terminal with its second floor to be developed during its second phase of rehabilitation— and a 150-meter by 115-meter

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. In 2015, the

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allotted ₱45.99 million for terminal upgrades and another ₱10.67 million for runway and taxiway widening. On March 14, 2018, the rehabilitated and expanded Passenger Terminal Building was inaugurated by Transportation Secretary

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. When all the expansions and upgrades were completed, the airport is expected to cater more passenger and aircraft movement as well as safe nighttime operations.

Expansion and development

In 2015, the Department of Transportation and Communications launches the expansion and modernization program of the Tuguegarao Airport, alongside several key secondary airports in the country. Named as the Tuguegarao Airport Development Project, which consist of ₱10.67 million for taxiway and runway widening and another ₱45.99 million for the terminal upgrades. As of 2018, the Phase 1 was completed which includes the expansion of the passenger terminal building, widening of runway and taxiway and the upgrading of the Airfield Lighting System, necessary for longer night time operations. Phase 2 of the Tuguegarao Airport Development Project, which starts in 2018, covers the expansion of the existing pre-departure and check-in areas of the passenger terminal building and additional check-in counters at the second floor.

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