Sayak Airport

Sayak Airport
Paliparan ng Sayak
IATA: IAO – ICAO: RPNS
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
Serves Siargao Island
Location Barangay Sayak, Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte
Elevation AMSL 3 m / 10 ft
Coordinates 9°51′32″N 126°0′50″E / 9.85889°N 126.01389°E / 9.85889; 126.01389Coordinates: 9°51′32″N 126°0′50″E / 9.85889°N 126.01389°E / 9.85889; 126.01389
Map
IAO/RPNS

Location in the Philippines

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 1,326 4,420 Concrete
Statistics (2008)
Passengers 781
Aircraft movements 226

Sayak Airport (Filipino: Paliparan ng Sayak, Cebuano: Tugpahanan sa Sayak) (IATA: IAO, ICAO: RPNS), also known as Siargao Airport, is an airport serving the general area of Siargao Island, located in the province of Surigao del Norte in the Philippines. The airport is located in Barangay Sayak in the municipality of Del Carmen, where the airport derives its name from.

The airport is classified as a Class 2 principal (minor domestic) airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, a body of the Department of Transportation and Communications 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.

History

Siargao airport was built in 1964 by the late President Diosdado Macapagal and back in 2008, President Gloria Arroyo initiated a project called Super Regions Program, which aims to improve economic activity through infrastructure project. Back then, the airport could only accommodate 19-seater planes from Cebu. Sayak Airport was renovated and upgraded with the 150 meters runway extension that enabled the facility to accommodate bigger planes that carries more than 100 passengers.[2]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Cebgo Cebu

See also

References

  1. ↑ Volume of Air Passengers and Air Cargo (Air Cargo in Metric Tons) Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, retrieved April 23, 2009
  2. ↑ http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/regions/10/15/08/opening-siargao-airport-perk-tourism

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