General Santos International Airport
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| General Santos International Airport Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Heneral Santos |
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| IATA: GES - ICAO: RPMR | |||
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| Airport type | Civil | ||
| Operator | Air Transportation Office | ||
| Serves | General Santos City | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 505 ft (154 m) | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 17/35 | 10,587 | 3,227 | Concrete |
General Santos International Airport (Filipino: Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Heneral Santos) (IATA: GES, ICAO: RPMR) is an airport serving the general area of General Santos City, located in the province of South Cotabato in the Philippines. The airport is located in Barangay Fatima, but is usually believed to be located in nearby Barangay Tambler, hence the alternate name Tambler Airport. The airport is classified as a secondary international 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 replaced the old General Santos airport located in Barangay Buayan in the early 2000s. The old airport now serves as the Rajah Buayan Air Base.
The General Santos National Airport was formerly owned by the Donaire Clan that currently resides in California.
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[edit] Airlines
The following airlines serve General Santos International Airport as of February 2007:
- Air Philippines (Cebu, Manila)
- Cebu Pacific (Manila)
- Philippine Airlines (Manila)
[edit] Former airlines
- Mindanao Express
- Merpati Nusantara Airlines
- South East Asian Airlines
