Basco Airport
| Basco Airport Paliparan ng Basco |
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| IATA: BSO – ICAO: RPUO | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines | ||
| Serves | Basco, Batanes | ||
| Location | Barangay Kayvalugananan, Basco | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 291 ft / 89 m | ||
| Coordinates | 20°27′04.76″N 121°58′47.58″E / 20.4513222°N 121.9798833°ECoordinates: 20°27′04.76″N 121°58′47.58″E / 20.4513222°N 121.9798833°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 06/24 | 4,101 | 1,250 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2008) | |||
| Passengers | 25,423 | ||
| Aircraft movements | 716 | ||
| Metric tonnes of cargo | 310 | ||
| Statistics from the Air Transportation Office.[1] | |||
Basco Airport (Filipino: Paliparan ng Basco) (IATA: BSO, ICAO: RPUO) is an airport serving the province of Batanes in the Philippines. It is located in the provincial capital, Basco, and is one of two airports in the Batanes Islands, the other being Itbayat Airport. The airport is classified as a Class 2 principal (minor domestic) airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), 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.
The airport is one of the hubs of Sky Pasada.
Although the airport in the past was briefly served by international flights, the airport is not officially classified as an international airport.
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Sky Pasada | Baguio, Itbayat, Manila, Tuguegarao |
| South East Asian Airlines | Manila |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Volume of Air Passengers and Air Cargo (Air Cargo in Metric Tons), Air Transportation Office, retrieved April 21, 2009
[edit] External links
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