Jorge Abad Airport

Paliparang Jorge Abad
Pagtayaban ti Jorge Abad
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGovernment of the Philippines
OperatorCivil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
ServesItbayat, Batanes
Elevation AMSL328 ft / 100 m
Coordinates20°43′01″N 121°49′01″E / 20.71694°N 121.81694°E / 20.71694; 121.81694
Map
RPLT is located in Batanes
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Location in Batanes
RPLT is located in Luzon
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RPLT is located in Philippines
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 2,628 801 Concrete

Jorge Abad Airport[lower-alpha 1][1] (ICAO: RPLT), also known as Itbayat Airport, is an airport serving the island of Itbayat, the largest island in the province of Batanes, Philippines. The province's only other airport, Basco Airport, is located in the provincial capital, Basco, on Batan Island.

The airport is classified as a community airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), a body of the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the operations of non-major airports.

History

The northernmost airport in the Philippines was renamed in March 2017 through a Sangguniang Bayan (municipal council) resolution after Jorge Abad, the first Ivatan cabinet member who was appointed in 1955 as Secretary of Public Works. His son, Florencio Abad, was instrumental in sourcing the funds for the airport construction during his time as congressional representative for Batanes.[1] Manual labor was used during the airport's construction to level the uneven terrain, since the inaccessibility of the island in the 1990s made heavy equipment unavailable for use.[1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Northsky Air Tuguegarao[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Filipino: Paliparang Jorge Abad, Ilocano: Pagtayaban ti Jorge Abad

References

  1. 1 2 3 Baccay, Oliver T. (9 March 2017). "Itbayat airstrip is now Jorge Abad Airport". Philippine Information Agency. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  2. ↑ http://www.northskyair.com/contactus.html


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