Catbalogan Airport
Encyclopedia
Catbalogan Airport is an airport located in Catbalogan City
, Samar
, Philippines
. It is classified as a feeder airport by the Air Transportation Office, a body of the Department of Transportation and Communications
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. Catbalogan Airport is one of the two feeder airports in the province of Samar (formerly Western Samar).
The Catbalogan Domestic Airport was assessed by the Air Transportation Office in January 2006 and a program of work was prepared for submission to the Committee on Oversight of the House of Representatives for its completion soon.
Last July 2006, Congressman Figueroa visited the Palace and requested funding for Samar roads and the Catbalogan Domestic Airport in Buri, Catbalogan City. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo granted P20-M for the initial implementation of said airport.
Catbalogan City
Catbalogan City is the city capital of Samar Province, Philippines with a population of 92,454 . It is Samar's main commercial, trading, educational, political and financial center. It is also an important and major seaport serving inter-island vessels...
, Samar
Samar
Samar, formerly and also known as Western Samar, is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is Catbalogan City and covers the western portion of Samar as well as several islands in the Samar Sea located to the west of the mainland...
, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. It is classified as a feeder airport by the Air Transportation Office, a body of the Department of Transportation and Communications
Department of Transportation and Communications (Philippines)
The Department of Transportation and Communications is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the maintenance and expansion of viable, efficient, and dependable transportation and communications systems as effective instruments for national recovery and economic...
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. Catbalogan Airport is one of the two feeder airports in the province of Samar (formerly Western Samar).
The Catbalogan Domestic Airport was assessed by the Air Transportation Office in January 2006 and a program of work was prepared for submission to the Committee on Oversight of the House of Representatives for its completion soon.
History
In 1995, the government approved 57 million pesos ($2.2 million) for building the airport - a pet project of Congressman Catalino Figueroa, a member of former president Fidel Ramos's Lakas-NUCD party. In three years, just 100 meters of the airport's runway has been paved. In Samar and Leyte, two of the poorest islands in the country, the landscape has long been dotted with unfinished projects.Last July 2006, Congressman Figueroa visited the Palace and requested funding for Samar roads and the Catbalogan Domestic Airport in Buri, Catbalogan City. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo granted P20-M for the initial implementation of said airport.