| Butuan-Bancasi Airport Paliparan ng Bancasi Tugpahanan sa Bancasi |
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| IATA: BXU – ICAO: RPME | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines | ||
| Serves | Butuan City | ||
| Location | Barangay Bancasi, Butuan City | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 43 m / 141 ft | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 12/30 | 1,966 | 6,450 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2008) | |||
| Passengers | 308,405 | ||
| Aircraft movements | 3,294 | ||
| Metric tonnes of cargo | 2,602 | ||
| Statistics from the Air Transportation Office.[1] | |||
Bancasi Airport (Filipino: Paliparan ng Bancasi, Cebuano: Tugpahanan sa Bancasi) (IATA: BXU, ICAO: RPME), also known as Butuan Airport, is an airport serving the general area of Butuan City, located in the province of Agusan del Norte in the Philippines. It is the only airport in the province and largest in the Caraga region. The airport is classified as a trunkline airport, or a major commercial 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.
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| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Airphil Express | Cebu [begins March 22], Manila [begins January 31] |
| Cebu Pacific | Cebu, Manila |
| Philippine Airlines | Manila |
Philippine Airlines Flight 475 (PR 475) with a tail number of RP-C3224 overshot the runway of Bancasi Airport on October 26, 2007 with 148 passengers on board. 19 injuries were reported.