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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]
Hilongos Airport (ICAO: RPVH), located in the municipality of Hilongos, is one of three airports in the province of Leyte It is located on the southern side of Leyte Island. There are no airlines operating at this airport.
Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport (IATA: TAC, ICAO: RPVA), also known as Tacloban City Airport, is an airport serving the general area of Tacloban, a highly urbanized city in the Leyte island of the Philippines. It is the main gateway from Manila and Cebu to Eastern Visayas.
Panan-awan Airport (Filipino: Paliparan ng Panan-awan, Cebuano: Tugpahanan sa Panan-awan, Waray-Waray: Luparan han Panan-awan) (ICAO: RPSM), also known as Maasin Airport, is an airport serving the general area of Maasin, the provincial capital city of Southern Leyte in the Philippines. It is the only existing airport in Southern Leyte.
Ormoc Airport (IATA: OMC, ICAO: RPVO) is an airport serving the general area of Ormoc, located in the province of Leyte in the Philippines.It is one of three airports in the province of Leyte, the others being Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport in Tacloban and Hilongos Airport.
Catbalogan Airport [a] (ICAO: RPVY) is an airport serving Catbalogan, the capital of Samar, Philippines.It is classified as a community airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), a body of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) that is responsible for the operations of not only this airport but also other airports in the Philippines except the major international airports.
The airfield was built by the Japanese during the Occupation of the Philippines in 1943. Seized by the Americans shortly after the Leyte Landing in November 1944. Seabees from the 61st CB improved and widened the runway with a double set of revetments plus taxiways to the side. The facility was turned into a major base. Major units assigned were:
Poverty incidence of Maasin 10 20 30 40 2006 23.90 2009 31.35 2012 29.38 2015 33.00 2018 20.47 2021 19.99 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Maasin's economic base is a mix of agriculture, aquaculture, industry, tourism, and commercial services. The city enjoys economic growth because it's the Provincial Capital of Southern Leyte. The City has experience an Economic growth for the last ...