Catbalogan Airport

Airport serving Catbalogan, Samar, Philippines

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Catbalogan Airport

Luparan han Catbalogan
Paliparan ng Catbalogan

* IATA: none
* ICAO: RPVY

Summary
Airport type| Public
Operator| Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
Serves| Catbalogan
Location| Barangay Cabugawan, Catbalogan, Samar, Philippines
Coordinates| 11°48′36″N 124°49′48″E﻿ / ﻿11.81000°N 124.83000°E﻿ / 11.81000; 124.83000
Map

RPVY

Location of airport in Philippines

Runways
| Direction | Length  | Surface

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m  | ft
13/31  | 1,300  | 4,265  | Concrete

Catbalogan Airport[a] (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.

## History

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In 1995, the government approved ₱57 million ($2.2 million) for building the airport - a pet project of Congressman Catalino Figueroa (Samar–2nd), a member of President Fidel V. Ramos's Lakas-NUCD party.

In July 2006, Figueroa visited the Malacañang Palace and requested funding for Samar roads and the Catbalogan Domestic Airport in Buri, Catbalogan. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo granted ₱20 million 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, Transportation Secretary Arthur 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

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* List of airports in the Philippines

## Notes

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

## References

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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.

## External links

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* More photos and information on Catbalogan Airport
* Airport information for RPCA at Great Circle Mapper.

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International|

* Cebu
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Principal (domestic)|

| Class 1|

* Bacolod (Silay)
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* San Jose
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* Tawi-Tawi
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* Baguio
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* Calbayog
* Camiguin
* Catarman
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* Manila–Sangley Point
* Marinduque
* Masbate
* Ormoc
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Defunct|

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