Rosales Airport

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Rosales Airport
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Rosales Airport
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 15°53′06″N120°36′17″E / 15.88500°N 120.60472°E / 15.88500; 120.60472
Country Philippines
Region Philippines
Province Philippines
Time zone UTC+8 (PST)

Rosales Airport is an airfield located in Rosales, Pangasinan, in the Philippines. It is listed by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines for the operation of rotary aircraft only. [1] The airfield was constructed in October 1941, on the eve of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, initially as a dirt landing strip. [2] Before and after the occupation of Clark Air Base by the Japanese, Rosales acted as a secondary airfield for U.S. Air Force aircraft stationed there. Its gravel runway has a length of 1,043 metres (3,422 ft). [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Summary of Aerodrome Data (Area Center I)" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  2. ↑ Edmonds, Walter Dumaux (1951). They Fought With What They Had: The Story of the Army Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific, 1941–1942. Boston: Little, Brown and co. p. 38. ISBN   978-1-42891-541-1.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  3. ↑ "2.2.1.6 Philippines - Luzon Rosales Airport". Logistics Capacity Assessments. WFP. Logistics Cluster. 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2024.


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