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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.
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.
First known as San Jose Airstrip, after the village where it is located, it was constructed as an airstrip for the US Air Force and a Seaplane base for the U.S. Navy by Seabees of the 88th Naval Construction Battalion at Leyte-Samar Naval Base [2] Ca during World War II.
The four airports of Davao, General Santos, Laoag and Zamboanga were classified as such. [6] [7] 2. Trunkline airports were airports serving the principal commercial centers of the Philippines, intended for use by medium-range jets. [5] These were, in most cases, the only domestic airports equipped with instrument landing systems.
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:
NOTE: A number of temporary ICAO codes (with the last two characters being numbers instead of letters) have also been assigned to several notable airports. RP10 (LAC) – Swallow Reef (Layang-Layang) Airport – currently administered as part of the Malaysian state of Sabah, but claimed by the Philippines as part of the North Borneo dispute
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