Panan-awan Airport
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Panan-awan Airport , also known as Maasin Airport, is an airport serving the general area of Maasin City
, located in the province of Southern Leyte
in the Philippines
. It is the only existing airport in Southern Leyte. The airport is classified as a feeder airport by the Air Transportation Office, 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 derives its name from its location, being located in Barangay Panan-awan in Maasin City.
At present, however, the airport does not service any commercial flight. It has no terminal and can only accommodate aircraft for general aviation weighing 12,000 pounds and below at daytime. Likewise, dilapidated infrastructure hampers the possibility of commercial flights landing at the airport.
The apron has already been created for the parking two Fokker
aircraft. The next stage will be to flatten a hill on the approach to the runway. SEAIR
has shown an interest in starting to run commercial flights from the airport to Manila Airport
in the near future.
Maasin City
Maasin City is a 4th class city in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. It is the capital city of Southern Leyte. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 79,737.On August 10, 2000 Maasin was converted into a city.- History :...
, located in the province of Southern Leyte
Southern Leyte
Southern Leyte is a province of the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Maasin City is the capital of the province. Southern Leyte was once a sub-province of Leyte before it was divided from the latter...
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 the only existing airport in Southern Leyte. The airport 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)
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 derives its name from its location, being located in Barangay Panan-awan in Maasin City.
At present, however, the airport does not service any commercial flight. It has no terminal and can only accommodate aircraft for general aviation weighing 12,000 pounds and below at daytime. Likewise, dilapidated infrastructure hampers the possibility of commercial flights landing at the airport.
Expansion and Renovation
In 2009 it was announced that The Department of Transportation and Communications had allocated PHP40 million for he expansion of the runway. A further PHP50 million has being requested for he terminal building of which PHP10 million has been released.The apron has already been created for the parking two Fokker
Fokker
Fokker was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer named after its founder, Anthony Fokker. The company operated under several different names, starting out in 1912 in Schwerin, Germany, moving to the Netherlands in 1919....
aircraft. The next stage will be to flatten a hill on the approach to the runway. SEAIR
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...
has shown an interest in starting to run commercial flights from the airport to Manila Airport
Ninoy Aquino International Airport
The Ninoy Aquino International Airport or NAIA , also known as Manila International Airport , is the airport serving the general area of Manila and its surrounding metropolitan area...
in the near future.