Bancasi Airport

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Butuan-Bancasi Airport
Paliparan ng Bancasi
Tugpahanan sa Bancasi
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
Coordinates 8°57′5″N 125°28′41″E / 8.95139°N 125.47806°E / 8.95139; 125.47806Coordinates: 8°57′5″N 125°28′41″E / 8.95139°N 125.47806°E / 8.95139; 125.47806
Map
BXU/RPME
Location in the Philippines
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.

Improvement projects

Bancasi Airport will receive Php 45.5 million pesos in subsidy for expansion of the apron, improvement and expansion of vehicular parking area, construction of drainage system, and construction of concrete hollow block fence.[2]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Cebu PacificCebu, Manila
Philippine Airlines
operated by PAL Express		Cebu, Manila

Incidents and accidents

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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Volume of Air Passengers and Air Cargo (Air Cargo in Metric Tons) Air Transportation Office, retrieved April 23, 2009
  2. ↑ http://mb.com.ph/node/362249/airport

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