Marinduque Airport
Encyclopedia
Marinduque Airport is the only airport
located on and serving the island province of Marinduque
in the Philippines
. The airport is located in Barangay Masiga in the town of Gasan
, near the border with the provincial capital, Boac
. It 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 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.
previously used to serve Marinduque with its fleet of YS-11, and later Fokker 50 aircraft, before ceasing the route during the Asian financial crisis.
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
located on and serving the island province of Marinduque
Marinduque
In 1945, combined American and Philippine Commonwealth troops attacked from the Japanese Troops liberated to the Battle of Marinduque in the Second World War.-Archaeology:...
in the 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...
. The airport is located in Barangay Masiga in the town of Gasan
Gasan, Marinduque
Gasan is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Marinduque, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 33,772 people. The municipality is bounded by the provincial capital, Boac, to the north and east, by Buenavista to the southeast and by the Tablas Strait to the south...
, near the border with the provincial capital, Boac
Boac, Marinduque
Boac is one of the two first class municipalities in Marinduque municipality in the province of Marinduque, Philippines...
. It 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 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.
Airlines and destinations
Currently only one airline serves Marinduque: Zest Airways , flying to and from Manila. Zest Airways uses a Xian MA-60 aircraft. Philippine AirlinesPhilippine Airlines
Philippine Airlines, Inc. operating as Philippine Airlines, is a flag carrier of the Philippines. Headquartered in the Philippine National Bank Financial Center in Pasay City, the airline was founded in 1941 and is the first and oldest commercial airline in Asia operating under its original name...
previously used to serve Marinduque with its fleet of YS-11, and later Fokker 50 aircraft, before ceasing the route during the Asian financial crisis.