Moises R. Espinosa Airport

Moises R. Espinosa Airport Paliparang Moises R. Espinosa Palupadan san Moises R. Espinosa Palayogan nin Moises R. Espinosa
Exterior of Moises R. Espinosa Airport
IATA: MBT – ICAO: RPVJ MBT Location of airport in Philippines
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
Serves		Masbate City
Elevation AMSL		8 m / 26 ft
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
03/21	1,500	4,921	Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2008)
Passengers			23,585
Aircraft movements			1,118
Metric tonnes of cargo			144.804
Source: Statistics from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines.[1]

Moises R. Espinosa Airport (Filipino: Paliparang Moises R. Espinosa, Masbateño: Palupadan san Moises R. Espinosa, Bikol: Palayogan nin Moises R. Espinosa),^[2] also known as Masbate Airport (IATA: MBT, ICAO: RPVJ), is the airport serving the general area of Masbate City, located in the province of Masbate in the Philippines. It is named after Moises Espinosa, Sr., the then-Representative of Masbate who was assassinated at the airport on March 17, 1989.^[3]

The airport is classified as a Class 2 principal (minor domestic) airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, 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.

Contents 1 Future expansion 2 Incidents and accidents 3 Airlines and destinations 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

Future expansion

Moises R. Espinosa Airport had undergone a renovation of its runway and terminal building between 2006 and 2008. In the next few years the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines will provide improving aviation facilities and such to airport, to become a class airport that will welcome the tourism in the province.

Incidents and accidents

• On January 2, 2008, Asian Spirit Flight 321, an NAMC YS-11 departing from Manila, piloted by Captain Alexandro Tiglao with First Officer Dominick Mendoza as co-pilot, overshot the runway of the airport at 7:30 a.m., due to heavy tailwinds with gustiness reaching 14 knots while landing on runway 21. Although none of the 47 passengers were seriously injured, the accident destroyed the aircraft’s nozzle, the plane’s right propeller and its right and nose wheel, and caused the plane’s fuel tank to leak.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Airphil Express	Manila
Zest Airways	Manila

See also

• List of airports in the Philippines

References

External links

• World Aero Data - Masbate Airport (MBT) Details
• Official Website of Zest Airways

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