Ubay Airport ( ceb, Tugpahanan sa Ubay, fil, Paliparan ng Ubay) (, formerly ~~RPBY~~) is an airport serving the general area of Ubay, located in the province of

Bohol Bohol (), officially the Province of Bohol ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Bohol; tl, Lalawigan ng Bohol), is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas Regions of the Philippines, region, consisting of the island itself and 75 m ...

in the

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. The airport has no scheduled service, nor any facilities. It is one of two airports in Bohol, the other being

Bohol–Panglao International Airport Bohol–Panglao International Airport ( ceb, Tugpahanang Pangkalibutanon sa Bohol–Panglao; fil, Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Bohol–Panglao; ), also known as New Bohol International Airport, is an international airport on Panglao Island in the pr ...

in the western half of the province. The airport is classified as a community airport by the

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, an attached agency 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. The airport was originally built by the Americans before

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, used during the war, and since then by light planes only. Three Bohol congressmen, Erico Aumentado,

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and

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, united to promote the development of the airport in order to accommodate commercial domestic and aviation training flights. In 2010, they filed House Bill No. 2437 which asserted that "the airport, once upgraded, can accommodate domestic flights to spur tourism, commerce and industry in the Northeastern Corridor of Bohol and balance the economic development in the province which is heavily tilted to Tagbilaran City and Panglao Island." The surrounding flat rural terrain would be ideal for airport expansion and allow the runway to be extended even up to .

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