Basco Airport
Encyclopedia
Basco Airport is an airport
serving the province of Batanes
in the Philippines
. It is located in the provincial capital, Basco
, and is one of two airports in the Batanes Islands, the other being Itbayat Airport. 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 and Communications
that is responsible for the operations of not only this airport but also of all other airports in the Philippines except the major international 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.
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
serving the province of Batanes
Batanes
The Province of Batanes , also called the Batanes Islands, is a Philippine province comprising ten islands that are located in the Luzon Strait between the islands of Luzon and Taiwan...
in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. It is located in the provincial capital, Basco
Basco, Batanes
Basco is a 5th class municipality in the Batanes Province, Philippines. It is the capital municipality of Batanes...
, and is one of two airports in the Batanes Islands, the other being Itbayat Airport. 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 and Communications
Department of Transportation and Communications (Philippines)
The Department of Transportation and Communications is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the maintenance and expansion of viable, efficient, and dependable transportation and communications systems as effective instruments for national recovery and economic...
that is responsible for the operations of not only this airport but also of all other airports in the Philippines except the major international airports.
The airport is one of the hubs of Sky Pasada
Sky Pasada
Sky Pasada is an airline owned by WCC Aviation Company of the Guico family which owns the World Citi College and the World City Medical Center. Its corporate headquarters is located at the World City Medical Center in Cubao, Quezon City. The airline is primarily serving the aeronautical highway of...
.
Although the airport in the past was briefly served by international flights, the airport is not officially classified as an international airport.