Bancasi Airport

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Bancasi Airport

Tugpahanan sa Bancasi
Tugpahanan hong Bancasi
Paliparan ng Bancasi
Butuan Airport general view.jpg
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/Operator Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
Serves Butuan
Elevation  AMSL 43 m / 141 ft
Coordinates 8°57′5″N125°28′41″E / 8.95139°N 125.47806°E / 8.95139; 125.47806
Website www.butuanbancasiairport.com
Map
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BXU/RPME
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BXU/RPME
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
12/302,1006,890 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Passengers265,124
Aircraft movements3,540
Cargo (in kgs)4,214,788
Source: CAAP [1]

Bancasi Airport( IATA : BXU, ICAO : RPME), also known as Butuan Airport, is an airport serving the general area of Butuan and Agusan del Norte. It is the only airport in Agusan del Norte and the largest in Caraga. The airport is classified as an International 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 of all the other airports in the Philippines, except the major international airports.

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Improvement projects

The Department of Transport and Communications (DOTC) announced that the airport would receive Php 45.5 million pesos in subsidy for expansion of the apron, improvement and expansion of vehicular parking area, construction of drainage system, and construction of concrete hollow block fence, with bidding scheduled to open to contractors on July 5, 2012. [2] In early March 2023, the Department of Transportation completed an expansion project, which includes a new terminal building that increased the airport's capacity from 248 to 616 passengers. [3]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Cebgo Cebu
Cebu Pacific Manila
PAL Express Cebu, Manila

Accidents and incidents

See also

Notes

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