Laguindingan Airport
Laguindingan Airport Tugpahanan sa Laguindingan Paliparan ng Laguindingan | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines | ||||||||||
Serves | Cagayan de Oro, Iligan | ||||||||||
Location | Barangay Moog, Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental | ||||||||||
Opened | June 15, 2013 | ||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 58 m / 190 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 08°36′45″N 124°27′26″E / 8.61250°N 124.45722°E | ||||||||||
Website | Official Website | ||||||||||
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Source: Statistics from eFOI[1] |
Laguindingan Airport (Filipino: Paliparang ng Laguindingan, Cebuano: Tugpahanan sa Laguindingan) (IATA: CGY, ICAO: RPMY) is the main airport that serves the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan, as well as the provinces of Misamis Oriental, Lanao del Norte and Bukidnon in Northern Mindanao, Philippines. It is classified as a Principal Domestic Airport Class 1 by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), a body of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) responsible for implementing policies on civil aviation to assure safe, economic and efficient air travel, and the handling of operations at airports (except major international ones).[2]
The airport sits on a 4.17 square kilometers (1.61 sq mi) site in Barangay Moog, Laguindingan,[3] and is 46 kilometers (29 mi) from Cagayan de Oro and 57 kilometers (35 mi) from Iligan. It opened on June 15, 2013 and replaced Lumbia Airport in Barangay Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro.[4][5] Lumbia Airport now serves as a military air base for the Philippine Air Force.
Overview
The airport project is located in the municipality of Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental, Northern Mindanao. The airport project envisages the development of new major trunkline airport compliant to international standards of safety and operation to meet the air transportation demand of the region.[6] The airport project also aims to boost economic activities, specifically of the Cagayan-Iligan Corridor, and expects to serve as the gateway to Northern Mindanao.
The airport has a single 2,100 m x 45 m runway, which can accommodate four takeoffs and landings an hour.[7][8] It features a 7184 m² passenger terminal building that can accommodate 1.6 million passengers a year.[9] The airport can accommodate 2,000 passengers a day.[10]
On October 20, 2017, Cebu Pacific announced this airport as its seventh hub.[11]
History
Funding and implementation
Sources of funds for the Laguindingan Airport Development Project[12] | ||||||||||
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Source of funds | Funds (in millions of US$) | |||||||||
from the South Korea's Economic Development and Cooperation Fund | 30.60 million | |||||||||
from the Export Credit Loan facility of the KEXIM | 62.75 million | |||||||||
from the Philippine Government | 60.36 million | |||||||||
for the Air Navigation and Support facilities from KEXIM[13] | 13.38 million |
The airport project was implemented by the Philippine Government through the Department of Transportation and Communications. After the completion of the project, the airport was turned-over to the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines.
The approved cost of the airport project is US$167.09 million or ₱7.853 billion.[14] The cost was duly approved by the National Economic and Development Authority Board on August 30, 2007. Plans for the upgrade have existed since 1991 but have been stymied by land acquisition and financing problems. Although the Philippine Government has signed a US$25 million soft loan agreement with the South Korean government through its Economic Development Cooperation Fund, there has been difficulty in raising counterpart funding for acquisition of the estimated 300 hectares of land eventually required by the airport complex.
The Laguindingan Airport Development Project was inaugurated on January 10, 2006 with groundbreaking ceremonies presided by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who advocated the idea of an international airport along the Cagayan de Oro-Iligan Corridor.[15][16]
Construction
By July 2007, the construction of the 4.4-kilometer four-lane access road had started to connect the new airport to the national road.
In early 2008, grading of the airport site area started. It was headed by the Department of Transportation and Communications and its foreign and local consultants, South Korea-based Yooshin Engineering Corporation and Ortigas Center, Pasig-based SCHEMA Konsult, Inc. respectively, and Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Company as the general contractor for the project.
Opening
President Benigno Aquino III expected that the opening of the airport would happen in April 2013.[17] However, on April 18, 2013, the DOTC announced that the opening would be pushed back to June 15, 2013[18] because CAAP had received requests from airlines to postpone the transfer until after the summer peak season, as an April 30 opening would require the cancellation of several daily trips.[19] It was inaugurated by President Benigno Aquino III on June 13, 2013, two days before its opening.[20]
Recent developments
Laguindingan Airport was expected to facilitate night landings by December 2014 upon the completion of the installment of the Instrument Landing System and other equipment.[21] However, it was only on March 12, 2015 that the airport began to accommodate night flights. With this recent development, operating hours were increased to 5 a.m.–9 p.m. from the previous 6 a.m.–6 p.m. daily schedule.[22]
On October 20, 2017, Cebu Pacific made Laguindingan Airport its 7th regional hub, with its wholly owned subsidiary Cebgo adding flights to Caticlan and Dumaguete at the same time.[23]
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
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Cebu Pacific | Iloilo, Manila |
Cebu Pacific operated by Cebgo | Bacolod, Cebu, Davao, Dumaguete, Iloilo, Tagbilaran, Zamboanga |
Philippine Airlines | Clark (ends on October 27, 2018) [24] |
Philippine Airlines operated by PAL Express | Cebu, Clark (begins on October 28, 2018),[25]Manila |
Philippines AirAsia | Cebu (resumes October 28, 2018),[26] Clark (begins October 28, 2018),[26] Iloilo (begins October 30, 2018),[26] Manila (resumes October 28, 2018)[26] |
Statistics
Data from Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP).[1]
Passenger movements
Year | Domestic | Change |
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2013 | 1,732,518 | |
2014 | 1,553,346 | 10.34% |
2015 | 1,756,445 | 13.07% |
2016 | 1,776,353 | 1.13% |
2017 | 1,814,644 | 2.16% |
Aircraft movements
Year | Domestic | Change |
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2013 | 14,544 | |
2014 | 11,638 | 19.98% |
2015 | 13,702 | 17.74% |
2016 | 14,056 | 2.58% |
2017 | 15,802 | 12.42% |
Cargo movements
Year | Domestic (in kg) | Change |
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2013 | 19,818,949 | |
2014 | 21,803,029 | 10.01% |
2015 | 25,983,455 | 19.17% |
2016 | 20,482,959 | 21.17% |
2017 | 17,604,861 | 14.05% |
Future
Expansion
In August 2013, the Project Development and Monitoring Facility Board had approved for the revision of the operations and maintenance of the airport. The operations and maintenance were already approved for funding but were revised to include the construction of a new terminal to the winning PPP bidder. The Department of Transportation and Communications was tasked to construct the terminal along with other airside civil works, air navigational facilities, landside building works, as well as other facilities. The revision is part of maintaining the airport on par with ICAO standards.[27]
According to the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines and airport manager Jose Bodiongan, the airport would become the “busiest regional transportation hub” with the installation of the runway lights, navigation equipment (required for nighttime flights) and the purchase of two new fire trucks.[28]
An expansion of the passenger and cargo terminals and parking lot are being planned. With the large South Korean presence in Cagayan de Oro, the regional Department of Tourism is eyeing flights from Busan to Cagayan de Oro via Singapore or a direct route from Busan to Cagayan de Oro to further bolster the tourism industry in the region.[29] The CAAP was set to initially approve Busan-Cagayan de Oro and Seoul-Cagayan de Oro flights by the fourth quarter of 2015.[30]
Aerotropolis
Ayala Land, who owned 183 of the 417 hectares of land acquired by the government to develop the airport complex, has future plans to develop an aerotropolis around the airport.[31][32] This is part of the pre-conditions granted by Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines for expropriating the lands the government bought from the corporation.[3] Ayala Corporation, the parent company of Ayala Land, is one of the bidders in privatizing, through the public-private partnership scheme, the operations and maintenance of the airport.[9]
In September 2017, Ayala Land is set to build its first industrial estate outside Luzon within the planned aerotropolis.[33]
Gallery
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View of the Laguindingan International Airport Complex from its access road.
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Zest Airways RP-C8997 parked on the apron.
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The arrival area of Laguindingan International Airport.
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View from an aircraft turning at the end Runway 09.
See also
- List of airports in the Philippines
- Lumbia Airport (former airport)
- Northern Mindanao
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