Godofredo P. Ramos Airport

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Godofredo P. Ramos Airport
Reception building
Characteristics
ICAO code RPVE
IATA code MPH
Coordinates

11 ° 55 '35 "  N , 121 ° 57' 27"  E Coordinates: 11 ° 55 '35 "  N , 121 ° 57' 27"  E
Height above MSL 5 m (16  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 67 km northwest of Kalibo , Aklan
Basic data
operator TransAire Development Holdings Corporation
Terminals 1
Passengers 736,559 (as of 2014)
Air freight 5581 t (as of 2014)
Flight
movements 		12,558 (as of 2014)
Employees 90+
Start-and runway
06/24 1693 m × 45 m concrete / asphalt



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The Caticlan Airport (Filipino: Paliparang Godofredo P. Ramos ) is an airport in the province of Aklan on the island of Panay in the Western Visayas region ( Philippines ).

The airport, located 45 minutes by flight south of Manila , is often referred to as Caticlan Airport or Boracay Airport .

The fifth busiest airport in the Philippines has the IATA code MPH and the ICAO code RPVE. The airport has been classified as a Class 2 Principal Airport domestic airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines .

Infrastructure

The airport originally had a runway with a length of 950 m and a width of 30 m. The airport terminal consists of a small baggage claim area and a boarding area with 120 seats. Due to the very short runway, the airport could only be approached by smaller propeller planes or by jets smaller than Boeing 737 or Airbus A320 for a long time . The airport was therefore mainly served by De Havilland DHC-8 of Airphil Express , ATR 72 of Cebu Pacific , Dornier 328 , Let 410 of Tigerair Philippines and various Cessna models of the 400 series.

After the runway had been extended to 1,800 m, an Airbus A320 from Philippine Airlines landed in Caticlan for the first time on November 18, 2016 .

Airlines and destinations

The MPH airport is served by the following airlines:

airline Destinations
Air Juan Busuanga , Cuyo , Tagbilaran
AirSWIFT El Nido
Cebu Pacific Cebu , Clark , Manila
Cebu Pacific operated by Cebgo Cebu , Manila
Philippine Airlines operated by PAL Express Cebu , Clark , Manila
Philippines AirAsia Cebu , Clark , Manila
Royal Air Philippines Clark , Cebu
SkyJet Manila

Incidents

  • On 19 July 2005, a set Jak-40 of the Inter Iceland Airlines ( air vehicle registration RP-C2803 ) on the Caticlan Airport in front of the 950-meter-long runway. During the rescue attempt, the undercarriage collapsed, whereupon the machine was totaled; it could not be made airworthy again with the resources available on site. None of the 23 people on board were killed. In 2012 the wreck was bought and sunk off the nearby holiday island of Boracay as an attraction for divers.
  • Air traffic was restricted in 2009 after two Xi'an MA60s operated by Zest Airways had an accident while landing on the runway, which is only 950 m long. As a result, the supervisory authority issued a take-off and landing ban for machines with more than 50 seats and requirements for the airport were issued. The runway had to be extended by 100 meters and a hill that was in the direction of the approach had to be removed. After the work was completed, the airport was opened again. The airlines Airphil Express and Cebu Pacific resumed operations in 2010, but Zest Airways stayed away from the airport.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Data from the airport on airport-data.com , accessed on January 10, 2009
  2. ↑ a b c Philippine Air Space (blog). Entry from March 28, 2017. Philippine Air Space (blog), March 28, 2017, accessed January 10, 2018 .
  3. ↑ SUMMARY OF NOTAM IN FORCE. (PDF; 167 kB) C0257 / 16 NOTAMN. (No longer available online.) In: caap.gov.ph. CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, p. 13 , archived from the original on March 20, 2017 ; accessed on March 20, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ats.caap.gov.ph
  4. ↑ New CAAP Classifications of Airports ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 10 kB) accessed on May 1, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.caap.gov.ph
  5. ↑ New Classification of Airports in the Philippines ( Memento of the original dated June 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 78 kB) accessed on May 1, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.caap.gov.ph
  6. ↑ Classified Airports , accessed May 1, 2013.
  7. ↑ Caticlan Airport ready for larger aircraft , accessed March 18, 2017.
  8. ^ Accident report Jak-40 RP-C2803 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 20, 2016.
  9. ↑ Diving video from Boracay on which the type of aircraft is clearly visible
  10. ^ Accident report Xian MA60 RP-C8893, January 11, 2009 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 20, 2016.
  11. ↑ Accident report Xian MA60 RP-C8892, 25,6,2009 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 20, 2016.