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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]
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 airfield was built by the Americans shortly after landing on Leyte in November 1944. It was used by the 312th Bombardment Group (19 November 1944 - 10 February 1945) and 433d Troop Carrier Group (19 January - 31 May 1945). With the withdrawal of American forces, the airfield was abandoned. There is little or no trace of its existence.
A memorial is built at the former airfield, with a plaque and an airplane model on a concrete pad. The memorial plaque reads: "World War II Airfield - Brgy. Rawis Dulag, Leyte, Philippines. Constructed by the Japanese Imperial Army supported by free labor from the Dulagnons.
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The Cebu airport was relatively unaffected by the storm while the airports of the Eastern Visayas were unusable immediately after. [ 16 ] On November 12, 2013, the world's longest and heaviest aircraft, the Antonov An-225 Mriya , landed at MCIA from the Zagreb International Airport in Croatia for the first time in the Philippines.