Cuyo Airport is an airport

Airport

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 serving Cuyo

Cuyo, Palawan

Cuyo is a 4th class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 18,257 people in 3,609 households....

, a municipality

Municipalities of the Philippines

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 in the province

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 of Palawan

Palawan

Palawan is an island province of the Philippines located in the MIMAROPA region or Region 4. Its capital is Puerto Princesa City, and it is the largest province in the country in terms of total area of jurisdiction. The islands of Palawan stretch from Mindoro in the northeast to Borneo in the...

 in the Philippines

Philippines

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. It is one of three airports in Palawan, the other being Puerto Princesa Airport

Puerto Princesa Airport

Puerto Princesa International Airport is an airport serving the general area of Puerto Princesa City, located in the province of Palawan in the Philippines...

 and Francisco Reyes Airport in the municipality of Busuanga

Busuanga, Palawan

Busuanga is a municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. The territory of Busuanga covers the western one-third of Busuanga Island, which is part of the Calamian Group of Islands lying between Mindoro and mainland Palawan...

. It is classified as a feeder airport by the Air Transportation Office, a body of the Department of Transportation and Communications

Department of Transportation and Communications (Philippines)

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 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.

Scheduled commercial service was provided by South East Asian Airlines

South East Asian Airlines

Southeast Asian Airlines , Inc. operating as SEAir is an airline based in Pampanga, the Philippines. It operates domestic services and its main base is Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manila, with hubs at Godofredo P. Ramos Airport, Malay, Aklan.- History :The airline was established in 1995...

. As per a timetable effective through 15 June 2008, the airline provided two flights a week on LET 410 aircraft: on Mondays flight DG742 departed from Puerto Princesa with stops at Cuyo, Boracay

Boracay

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 and Manila

Manila

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; on Fridays flight DG745 departed from Manila with stops at Boracay, Cuyo and Puerto Princesa. However, as per the airline's website and current route map, it no longer provides service to Cuyo.

External links

• Photographs of Cuyo Airport at Panoramio
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