Sayak Airport , also known as Siargao Airport, is an airport serving the general area of Siargao Island

Siargao Island

is a tear-drop shaped island in the Philippine Sea situated 800 kilometers southeast of Manila in the province of Surigao del Norte. It has a land area of approximately 437 square kilometers. The east coast is relatively straight with one deep inlet, Port Pilar. The coastline is marked by a...

, located in the province of Surigao del Norte

Surigao del Norte

Surigao del Norte is a province of the Philippines located in the Caraga region in Mindanao. Its capital is Surigao City. The province consists of two major islands—Siargao Island and Bucas Grande Island—in the Philippine Sea, and a small region at the northernmost tip of the island of...

 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...

. The airport is located in Barangay Sayak in the municipality of Del Carmen

Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte

' is a 5th class municipality within the island of Siargao, in the province of Surigao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 13,558 people in 2,598 households.-Barangays:...

, where the airport derives its name from.

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.

External links

• Siargao Airport - Sayak, Siargao, Philippines.