Tuguegarao Airport

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Tuguegarao Airport

Pagtayaban ti Tuguegarao
Pakkayabban ya Tugegaraw
Paliparan ng Tuguegarao
Tuguegarao Airport (Tuguegarao, Cagayan; 11-19-2022).jpg
Exterior of Tuguegarao Airport in 2022
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/Operator Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
Serves Tuguegarao
Elevation  AMSL 21 m / 70 ft
Coordinates 17°38′18″N121°43′50″E / 17.63833°N 121.73056°E / 17.63833; 121.73056
Map
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TUG/RPUT
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TUG/RPUT
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
17/351,9656,447 Concrete
Statistics (2023)
Passengers (2023)225,961
Increase2.svg 52.8%
Aircraft movements4,226 [1]
Tonnes of cargo2,161.5 [1]

Tuguegarao Airport( IATA : TUG, ICAO : RPUT) is an airport serving the general area of Tuguegarao, the capital city of the province of Cagayan in the Philippines. Located along Maharlika Highway, the airport is accessible from adjacent municipalities in Cagayan and northern Isabela. It is classified as a major commercial domestic airport by the Air Transportation Office.

Contents

The airport is currently served by Cebu Pacific, Sky Pasada, and Philippine Airlines with regular and charter flights to Manila, Calayan, Batanes, and Isabela. [2] In 2023, Tuguegarao Airport recorded annual passenger traffic of 225,961, a 52.8% increase from the previous year. [1]

Statistics

Volume of passengers

Data of passenger movements is from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). [1]

Calendar YearPassenger movement% Change
2001 [3] 33,485no data
2002 [3] 27,000 [lower-alpha 1] Decrease2.svg19.37%
2003 [3] 17,786 [lower-alpha 2] Decrease2.svg34.13%
2004 [3] 31,973 [lower-alpha 3] Increase2.svg79.76%
2005 [3] 31,992 [lower-alpha 4] Increase2.svg0.06%
2006 [3] 29,814Decrease2.svg6.81%
2007 [3] 38,123Increase2.svg27.87%
2008 [3] 68,821Increase2.svg80.00%
2009 [3] 94,350Increase2.svg37.09%
2010 [3] 116,525Increase2.svg23.50%
2011 [4] 127,595Increase2.svg9.50%
2012 [5] 223,907Increase2.svg75.48%
2013 [6] 141,151Decrease2.svg36.96%
2014 [7] 151,608Increase2.svg7.41%
2015 [8] 129,889Decrease2.svg14.33%
2016 [9] 186,193Increase2.svg43.35%
2017 [10] 209,358Increase2.svg12.44%
2018 [11] 384,819Increase2.svg83.81%
2019225,747Decrease2.svg41.34%
202041,931Decrease2.svg81.43%
202121,870Decrease2.svg47.84%
2022147,865Increase2.svg576.11%
2023225,961Increase2.svg52.82%


Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Cebu Pacific Manila
Northsky Air Charter: Itbayat, Palanan
PAL Express Manila
Sky Pasada Basco, Calayan, Maconacon, Palanan

Terminal and apron

View from the airport's apron of the passenger terminal building under renovation Tuguegarao Airport back (Pengue-Ruyu, Tuguegarao, Cagayan; 04-29-2024).jpg
View from the airport's apron of the passenger terminal building under renovation

The airport consists of a 1,100 square meter terminal with its second floor to be developed during its second phase of rehabilitation— [2] and a 150-meter by 115-meter apron. In 2015, the Department of Transportation and Communications allotted ₱45.99 million for terminal upgrades and another ₱10.67 million for runway and taxiway widening. [12]

On March 14, 2018, the rehabilitated and expanded Passenger Terminal Building was inaugurated by Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade. [13] When all the expansions and upgrades were completed, the airport is expected to cater more passenger and aircraft movement as well as safe nighttime operations.

Expansion and development

In 2015, the Department of Transportation and Communications launches the expansion and modernization program of the Tuguegarao Airport, alongside several key secondary airports in the country. Named as the Tuguegarao Airport Development Project, which consist of ₱10.67 million for taxiway and runway widening and another ₱45.99 million for the terminal upgrades. [12]

As of 2018, Phase 1 was completed which includes the expansion of the passenger terminal building, widening of runway and taxiway and the upgrading of the Airfield Lighting System, necessary for longer night time operations. [13] Phase 2 of the Tuguegarao Airport Development Project, which starts in 2018, covers the expansion of the existing pre-departure and check-in areas of the passenger terminal building and additional check-in counters at the second floor. [13]

The 2024 national budget has allocated ₱150.0 million for the airport's development in time for the projected full recovery of global air traffic in 2025. [14] The airport's new air traffic control tower is currently under construction.

Accidents and incidents

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Data missing for July and October 2002.
  2. ↑ Data missing for May and August–November 2003.
  3. ↑ Data missing for May 2004.
  4. ↑ Data missing for December 2005.

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  4. ↑ Unless otherwise specified, data for 2011 are taken from the downloads section of the CAAP's official website: Briones, Jose T. (January 27, 2012). "Passenger Movement for CY 2011". Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. Aerodrome Development & Management Service. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  5. ↑ Unless otherwise specified, data for 2012 are taken from the downloads section of the CAAP's official website: Tandoc, Jefferson Niño C.; Briones, Jose T. (January 22, 2013). "Passenger Movement for CY 2012". Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. Aerodrome Development & Management Service. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  6. ↑ Unless otherwise specified, data for 2013 are taken from the downloads section of the CAAP's official website: Tandoc, Jefferson Niño C.; Briones, Jose T. (February 1, 2014). "Passenger Movement for CY 2013". Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. Aerodrome Development & Management Service. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  7. ↑ Unless otherwise specified, data for 2014 are taken from the downloads section of the CAAP's official website: Tandoc, Jefferson Niño C.; Abag, Alexander M. (March 30, 2015). "Passenger Movement for CY 2014". Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. Aerodrome Development & Management Service. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
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  9. ↑ Unless otherwise specified, data for 2016 is taken from the following document published in the Philippine Government's Freedom of Information Portal: Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines - Aerodrome Development & Management Service (March 28, 2017). "2016 Passenger Statistics of all Philippine Airports". Republic of the Philippines - Freedom of Information Portal. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
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