Catbalogan Airport

Catbalogan Airport[lower-alpha 1] (ICAO: RPVY) is an airport serving Catbalogan, the capital of Samar, Philippines. It is classified as a community airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), a body of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) that is responsible for the operations of not only this airport but also other airports in the Philippines except the major international airports. Catbalogan Airport is located in Barangay Cabugawan on Buri Island, connected via land bridge of Route 675 to the coast of Barangay Silanga, Catbalogan.

Catbalogan Airport

Luparan han Catbalogan
Paliparan ng Catbalogan
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorCivil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
ServesCatbalogan
LocationBarangay Cabugawan, Catbalogan, Samar, Philippines
Coordinates11°48′36″N 124°49′48″E
Map
RPVY is located in Philippines
RPVY
RPVY
Location of airport in Philippines
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
1,300 4,265 Concrete

History

In 1995, the government approved 57 million pesos ($2.2 million) for building the airport - a pet project of Congressman Catalino Figueroa, a member of former president Fidel Ramos's Lakas-NUCD party.

In July 2006, Congressman Figueroa visited the Palace and requested funding for Samar roads and the Catbalogan Domestic Airport in Buri, Catbalogan. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo granted P20-M for the initial implementation of the said airport.[1]

In 2012, some ₱94 million were allocated but there has been no clear outcome on its implementation since the airport has not commenced commercial operations during the period.[2]

As part of the government's airport modernization program, DOTr Sec. Art Tugade visited the Catbalogan Airport in August 2017 with plans to expand it by 2018 as one of its priority projects.

In sometime around 2020, Air Juan which was the only one to operate the airport closed, and all the routes were closed. But in 2023, they reopened and the airline removed the route from the airport to Cebu.

See also

Notes
  1. Waray: Luparan han Catbalogan, Filipino: Paliparan ng Catbalogan

References
  1. "Rehab of Catbalogan airport pushed | Leyte Samar Daily Express". Archived from the original on 2013-10-06. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
  2. "Catbalogan gov't upbeat of airport dev't project". SunStar. 28 July 2017.
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