Laoag International Airport

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Laoag International Airport Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Laoag Kalubungan a Pagtagitayaban ti Laoag
IATA: LAO – ICAO: RPLI
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Air Transportation Office
Serves		Laoag City
Elevation AMSL		5 m / 16 ft
Coordinates		18°10′41.13″N 120°31′53.48″E / 18.1780917, 120.5315222
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
01/19	2,420	7,986	Concrete
Statistics (2005)
Passengers			118,540
Aircraft movements			2,792
Metric tonnes of cargo			2,315
Statistics from the Air Transportation Office.[1]

Laoag International Airport (Filipino: Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Laoag, Ilokano: Kalubungan a Pagtagitayaban ti Laoag) (IATA: LAO, ICAO: RPLI) is the main airport serving the general area of Laoag City, the capital city of the province of Ilocos Norte in the Philippines. It is the only airport in Ilocos Norte and is the northernmost international airport in the Philippines by geographical location. The airport is a popular charter destination for tourists from mainland China.

It has one 2,420-meter runway ^[2]and is designated as an secondary/alternate 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.^[3]

Contents 1 Airlines 1.1 Domestic 1.2 International 1.3 Former airlines 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Airlines

The following airlines fly to Laoag International Airport:

[edit] Domestic

• Cebu Pacific (Manila)
• Philippine Airlines (Manila)

[edit] International

• Asian Spirit (Seoul-Incheon)
• China Southern Airlines (Guangzhou)

[edit] Former airlines

• Air Philippines
• South East Asian Airlines
• Air Macau
• Mandarin Airlines
• Far Eastern Air Transport

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Laoag International Airport
• Airport information for RPLI at World Aero Data
• Current weather for RPLI at NOAA/NWS
• Airport information for LAO / RPLI at Great Circle Mapper
• Accident history for LAO / RPLI at Aviation Safety Network

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