Cauayan Airport
Cauayan Airport (Ilocano: Pagtayaban ti Cauayan, Filipino: Paliparan ng Cauayan; IATA: CYZ, ICAO: RPUY) is an airport serving the general area of Cauayan, a city in Isabela province in the Philippines. It is one of three commercial airports in Isabela, the others being Palanan Airport in the town of Palanan and Maconacon Airport in the town of Maconacon. It is classified as a secondary airport, or a minor commercial domestic airport, by the Air Transportation Office, a body 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.
Cauayan Airport Pagtayaban ti Cauayan Paliparan ng Cauayan | |||||||||||
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 The airport in 2018 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines | ||||||||||
| Serves | Cauayan | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 61 m / 200 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 16°55′48″N 121°45′11″E | ||||||||||
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.svg.png.webp)  CYZ/RPUY Location in the Philippines | |||||||||||
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Source: CAAP[1] | |||||||||||
Between 1999 and 2008, the airport hosted no commercial flights. Proposals were made to reintroduce commercial service at the airport, such as an independent Manila-Cauayan route, as well as a route further on to Tuguegarao Airport in Tuguegarao.[2] After almost a decade of not hosting commercial service, Cauayan Airport re-opened to commercial traffic on August 15, 2008, using PAL Express aircraft, marking the return of Philippine Airlines to Cauayan, having stopped its services to the city in 1994. At present, Cebu Pacific uses the Airbus A320 for its Manila-Cauayan-Manila route.
The airport was renovated and night-rated to allow night landings and takeoffs.[3][4]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Cebu Pacific | Manila |
| Cyclone Airways | Palanan |
Incidents and accidents
- Cauayan Airport was the airport of origin and destination for two fatal incidents in Philippine aviation: Philippine Airlines Flight 215 en route to Manila and Asian Spirit Flight 100 en route from Manila. Notably, it was Asian Spirit Flight 100 that forced the closure of the Manila-Cauayan route in 1999.
- On January 24, 2023, a Cessna 206 plane departing for Maconacon crashed in Divilacan, Isabela. All six occupants were killed. It took more than a month for authorities to find the plane, which first went missing at the time of the incident.[5]
See also
References
- "Aircraft, Passenger, and Cargo Movements". Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- Cagayan bats for Manila flights, Manila Times, July 13, 2005
- "Night Rating of Cauayan Airport". Build! Build! Build!. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- "Cauayan Airport". Department of Transportation. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- Julio, Harris; Manabat, Jacque; Bagaoisan, Anjo; Abanto, Rowegie (March 9, 2023). "Missing Cessna plane in Isabela found with no survivors: authorities". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved March 9, 2023.