| Bacolod City Domestic Airport Paliparang Domestiko ng Lungsod ng Bacolod Domestiko nga Hulugpaan sang Dakbanwa sang Bacolod |
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| Exterior of Bacolod City Domestic Airport | |||
| IATA: none – ICAO: none | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Air Transportation Office | ||
| Serves | Bacolod City | ||
| Location | Barangay Singcang, Bacolod City | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 8 m / 25 ft | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 04/22 | 1,956 | 6,416 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2005) | |||
| Passengers | 562,062 | ||
| Aircraft movements | 6,114 | ||
| Metric tonnes of cargo | 7,011 | ||
| Statistics from the Air Transportation Office.[1] | |||
Bacolod City Domestic Airport (Filipino: Paliparang Domestiko ng Lungsod ng Bacolod, Hiligaynon: Domestiko nga Hulugpaan sang Dakbanwa sang Bacolod) (IATA: BCD, ICAO: RPVB), also known as Bacolod Airport, was the airport serving the general area of Bacolod City, the capital of Negros Occidental in the Philippines. It was one of the busiest airports in the Western Visayas region and was one of four trunkline airports, or major commercial domestic airports, in the region, the others being Mandurriao Airport in Iloilo City, Roxas Airport in Roxas City and Puerto Princesa Airport in Puerto Princesa. This airport was replaced by the new Bacolod-Silay Airport, located in nearby Silay City.
It was classified as such by the Air Transportation Office, a body of the Department of Transportation and Communications that is responsible for the operations of all other airports in the Philippines except the major international airports. As of February 2007, Cebu Pacific had increased its number of flights from Manila to Bacolod City. Bacolod City surpassed the Iloilo City (Mandurriao Airport) in the number of arriving passengers.
The airport was built by the Lopez family in 1936 to serve the Iloilo - Negros Air Express Company's flights to and from Bacolod, Iloilo and Manila. It was bought by Philippine Airlines after World War II.[2] The Bacolod City Domestic Airport ceased operations on January 17, 2008, prior to the opening of the Bacolod-Silay Airport which began operations the day after.[3]
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On March 22, 1998, Philippine Airlines Flight 137 overshot the runway while attempting a landing at Bacolod. There were no casualties among the passengers and crew but three people on the ground were killed.[4]
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