Plaridel Airport is an airport

Airport

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 serving the general area of Plaridel

Plaridel, Bulacan

The Battle of Plaridel was fought in 1945 between troops of the Philippine Commonwealth Army units and the local Bulaceño resistance fighters and those the Japanese Imperial forces in the town municipality of Plaridel.-Barangays:...

, located in the province of Bulacan

Bulacan

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 in the Philippines

Philippines

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. It is the only airport in Bulacan. It is classified as a secondary, or minor commercial domestic, 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. It is the only airport in the Mega Manila

Mega Manila

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 area solely dedicated to general aviation

General aviation

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 and one of the few airports in its designation that has taxiway

Taxiway

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s that extend onto the ends of a runway.

The airport was opened in 1935 and was extensively used during World War II

World War II

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, when it was used as a ground for training fighter pilots. Today, the airport is still used extensively as a training ground for all types of pilots, whether civil, commercial or military. Several aviation school

Flight training

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s are found within the immediate vicinity of the airport. In addition, the airport is a popular landing site for amateur pilots and aviation enthusiasts.

The airport is remembered as a historical landmark, one of the few airports in the Philippines with such a designation.

Incidents and accidents

• Plaridel Airport was temporarily closed on July 9, 2007 following a crash involving two Cessna 150
  Cessna 150
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  s that killed three persons: an instructor and a student from WCC Aviation School, and another student, Varsha Gopinanth, an Indian national and student at the Phoenix Aviation School. Both planes were headed for Ninoy Aquino International Airport
  Ninoy Aquino International Airport
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   when they collided over Purok Ilang-Ilang, Barangay Ligas, Malolos City
  Malolos City
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   at 12:55 p.m PST
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