Marinduque Airport
| Marinduque Airport Paliparan ng Marinduque | |||
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| Exterior of Marinduque Airport | |||
| IATA: MRQ – ICAO: RPUW | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines | ||
| Serves | Gasan, Marinduque | ||
| Location | Barangay Masiga, Gasan, Marinduque | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 5 m / 16 ft | ||
| Coordinates | 13°21′36″N 121°49′31″E / 13.36000°N 121.82528°ECoordinates: 13°21′36″N 121°49′31″E / 13.36000°N 121.82528°E | ||
| Map | |||
.svg.png)  MRQ/RPUW | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 16/34 | 1,400 | 4,593 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2008) | |||
| Passengers | 1,099 | ||
| Aircraft movements | 34 | ||
| Metric tonnes of cargo | |||
| Statistics from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines.[1] | |||
Marinduque Airport (Filipino: Paliparan ng Marinduque) (IATA: MRQ, ICAO: RPUW) is the only airport located on and serving the island province of Marinduque in the Philippines. The airport is located in Barangay Masiga in the town of Gasan, near the border with the provincial capital, Boac. It 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.
Airlines and destinations
No airline serves Marinduque since May 10, 2013. Zest Airways (now AirAsia Zest) previously used a Xian MA-60 aircraft while Philippine Airlines used with its fleet of YS-11, and later Fokker 50 aircraft, before ceasing the route during the Asian financial crisis.
References
- ↑ "Philippine Aircraft, Passenger and Cargo Statistics 2001-2008". March 3, 2009. Retrieved April 21, 2009.
