Catarman National Airport

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Catarman National Airport

Nasudnon nga Luparan san Catarman
Paliparang Pambansa ng Catarman
Catarman Airport Building.JPG
Exterior of Catarman National Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/Operator Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
Serves Catarman
Elevation  AMSL 2 m / 6 ft
Coordinates 12°30′9″N124°38′9″E / 12.50250°N 124.63583°E / 12.50250; 124.63583
Map
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Airplane silhouette.svg
CRM/RPVF
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CRM/RPVF
Catarman National Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
04/221,6005,249Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2014)
Passengers33,415
Aircraft movements1,056
Tonnes of cargo71.802
Statistics of the Civil Aviation of the Philippines. [1]

Catarman National Airport( IATA : CRM, ICAO : RPVF), otherwise known as Catarman Airport, is an airport serving the general area of Catarman, located in the province of Northern Samar in the Philippines. The airport is classified as a Class 2 principal (minor domestic) airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, 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.

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Airport upgrade

Catarman National Airport is a priority for national appropriation by the Philippine government. Improvement of its terminal building incurred a budgetary allocation of a 15 million-peso [2] appropriation from the national government.[ when? ]

When Typhoon Nona hit the province of Catarman in 2015, the airport sustained damage. Rehabilitation works were started and the project consists of constructing a new passenger terminal building, taxiway, perimeter fence, expanding the apron, and improvements in the runway. The upgrade works at the airport were completed in August 2021 and were inaugurated on September 2, 2021. [3]

Airport facilities

Terminal building

Prior to the upgrade, the passenger terminal building had a capacity of 50 passengers. After the upgrade, the capacity was increased to 150 passengers and can now accommodate 50,000 passengers annually. [3]

Runway

Runway Catarman Airport runway, Libjo hills (Catarman, Samar; 04-27-2023).jpg
Runway

The airport has a 1,600-meter (5,200 ft) asphalt/concrete runway that runs in a 04/22 direction. During the upgrade, the runway was overlaid with asphalt. [3]

Apron

The airport has two parking bays and can accommodate two De Havilland Canada Dash 8 (formerly Bombardier Q400) turboprops. [4]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
PAL Express Cebu (begins March 1, 2025), [5] Manila

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References

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