Malaybalay Airport

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Malaybalay Airport
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Airport typePublic
Serves Malaybalay
LocationCasisang, Malaybalay, Philippines
Elevation  AMSL 2,011 ft / 613 m
Coordinates 8°8′26″N125°07′09″E / 8.14056°N 125.11917°E / 8.14056; 125.11917
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Malaybalay Airport, also known as Malaybalay Airstrip, is the defunct-airport that used to serve general aviation in the area of Malaybalay, the capital city of Bukidnon in the Philippines. During the late 1990s, the airport was closed down and the area where the airport used to be located was converted into a low-cost housing project by the provincial government of Bukidnon.

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