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Clark International Airport (IATA: CRK, ICAO: RPLC)—known as Diosdado Macapagal International Airport from 2003 to 2014—is an international airport covering portions of the cities of Angeles and Mabalacat within the Clark Freeport and Special Economic Zone in the province of Pampanga, Philippines.
The Balabac airport upon its completion will be jointly used by the Philippine Air Force and the Palawan provincial government. [6] The runway is 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) long and is meant to serve both military and civilian aircraft. [2] The airport covers an area of 300 hectares (740 acres). [8]
Pampanga is served by Clark International Airport (formerly Diosdado Macapagal International Airport), which is in Clark Freeport Zone, some 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north of the provincial capital. The province is home to two Philippine Air Force airbases : Basa Air Base in Floridablanca and the former United States Clark Air Base in Angeles.
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is a titleholder of 7,000 hectares (17,000 acres) of land in Busgsuk island of Balabac town in Palawan since 1974. The Molbog indigenous people have attempted acquring the land insisting it is within scope of the government's Land Reform Program.
The entertainment hub is a project initiated by state-run Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC), which is an attached entity to the Bases Conversion and Development Authority. Conceptualized in October 2023, [ 2 ] it is to be developed through a public–private partnership with investors expressing interest as early as November 2023.
Clark International Airport station is an under-construction underground North–South Commuter Railway (NSCR) airport rail link station located in Mabalacat, Pampanga, Philippines. The station will host the first direct airport rail link in the country, being connected to its namesake, Clark International Airport .
Metro Clark is served by a major airport, an upcoming railway line and several major roads. Clark International Airport is branded as the gateway to North and Central Luzon. [34] It is the country's 17th busiest airport in 2022. It opened for commercial flights in 1996, and underwent several expansions in the 2010s. [35]
Regulation of airports and aviation in the Philippines lies with the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). The CAAP's classification system, introduced in 2008, rationalizes the previous Air Transportation Office (ATO) system of airport classification, pursuant to the Philippine Transport Strategic Study and the 1992 Civil Aviation Master Plan. [1]