Basco Airport (IATA: BSO, ICAO: RPUO) is an airport serving the province of Batanes in the Philippines. It is located in the provincial capital, Basco. It is one of two airports in the Batanes Islands, the other being Itbayat Airport.
Basco Airport Pagtayaban ti Basco Paliparan ng Basco | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines | ||||||||||
| Serves | Batanes | ||||||||||
| Location | Basco, Batan Island | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1930 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 89 m / 291 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 20°27′05″N 121°58′48″E / 20.45139°N 121.98000°E | ||||||||||
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The airport is classified as a Class 2 principal, minor domestic airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), a body of the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the operations of non-major airports.
The airport is one of the hubs of Sky Pasada.
Although the airport in the past was briefly served by international flights, the airport is not officially classified as an international airport.
History
editBasco Airport was first built in 1930 as Batan Airfield. During the Second World War, it became a target of Japanese forces during their invasion of the Philippines, seizing it along with the whole island on the first day of the Pacific War on 8 December 1941. Subsequently, the airfield was bombed by American planes in the closing months of the war in 1945, but the Japanese managed to hold on to it until their official surrender.[2]
Airlines and destinations
edit| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| PAL Express | Clark,[3] Manila[4] |
| Sky Pasada | Tuguegarao, Calayan, Laoag |
| Fliteline Airways | Itbayat, Tuguegarao |
| Aerospeed Air Transport Services | Itbayat |
Statistics
editData from Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines[1]
Passenger movements
edit| Year | Domestic | Change |
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| 2003 | 26,065 | |
| 2004 | 26,933 | 3.33% |
| 2005 | 25,376 | 5.78% |
| 2006 | 22,748 | 10.36% |
| 2007 | 19,550 | 14.06% |
| 2008 | 24,288 | 24.24% |
| 2009 | 19,308 | 20.50% |
| 2010 | 26,089 | 35.12% |
| 2011 | 28,428 | 8.97% |
| 2012 | 25,588 | 9.99% |
| 2013 | 32,467 | 26.88% |
| 2014 | 60,683 | 86.91% |
| 2015 | 73,541 | 21.19% |
| 2016 | 82,853 | 12.66% |
| 2017 | 104,089 | 25.63% |
Aircraft movements
edit| Year | Domestic | Change |
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| 2003 | 3,322 | |
| 2004 | 2,734 | 17.70% |
| 2005 | 3,240 | 18.51% |
| 2006 | 2,726 | 15.86% |
| 2007 | 1,204 | 55.83% |
| 2008 | 766 | 36.38% |
| 2009 | 1,246 | 62.66% |
| 2010 | 709 | 43.10% |
| 2011 | 1,926 | 171.65% |
| 2012 | 1,934 | 0.42% |
| 2013 | 2,512 | 29.89% |
| 2014 | 1,890 | 24.76% |
| 2015 | 2,160 | 14.29% |
| 2016 | 2,538 | 17.50% |
| 2017 | 2,702 | 6.46% |
Cargo movements
edit| Year | Domestic (kg) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 247,978 | |
| 2004 | 280,210 | 13.00% |
| 2005 | 346,017 | 23.48% |
| 2006 | 378,055 | 9.26% |
| 2007 | 344,832 | 8.79% |
| 2008 | 301,968 | 12.43% |
| 2009 | 10,980 | 96.36% |
| 2010 | 386,512 | 3,420.15% |
| 2011 | 388,150 | 0.42% |
| 2012 | 361,389 | 6.89% |
| 2013 | 510,172 | 41.17% |
| 2014 | 701,712 | 37.54% |
| 2015 | 866,985 | 23.55% |
| 2016 | 1,122,039 | 29.42% |
| 2017 | 1,299,048 | 15.78% |
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (23 July 2018). "Yearly Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Movements of all airports in the Philippines 1997–2017". Republic of the Philippines – Freedom of Information Portal. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ "Basco Airfield (Batan Airfield)". Pacific Wrecks. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ Cabuenas, Jon Viktor D. "PAL to restart Clark-Batanes flights in July". GMA Network. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Liu, Jim. "Philippine Airlines Clark / Manila domestic network changes from March 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 2 March 2020.