Bantayan Airport

Bantayan Airport Tugpahanan sa Bantayan Paliparan ng Bantayan
Bantayan Airport
IATA: none ICAO: RPSB[1]
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Mactan–Cebu International Airport Authority
Serves	Bantayan Island
Location	Barangays Talisay and Okoy, Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, Cebu, Philippines
Opened	November 27, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-11-27)
Elevation AMSL	18–21 m / 60 S – 70 N ft
Coordinates	11°09′45″N 123°47′05″E
Map
✈ RPSB Map showing location of Bantayan Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 16/34 1,200 3,937 Concrete

Bantayan Airport (ICAO: RPSB) is an airport serving Bantayan Island in the province of Cebu in the Philippines. The airport is located in the municipality of Santa Fe, approximately 3.9 nautical miles (7.2 km; 4.5 mi) from the centre of Bantayan municipality. It is classified as a community airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). Since the beginning of 2018, management of the airport has moved from CAAP to Mactan–Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA).

Structure

Bantayan Airport is a small community airstrip with a paved runway but no services (no refuelling capabilities). The largest handling capacity is now an 80-passenger aeroplane. The concrete runway is 1,400 m (4,590 ft) long and 18 m (60 ft) wide, as well as a small terminal. The terminal shed was erected in 2003, along with two security fences and the airport gate, as part of an airport improvement program initiated by the CAAP.[2]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Leading Edge Air	Cebu[3]

Salient dates

As of June 2013^[update] there is doubt about the future of the airport. CAAP wishes to cease funding it.[4] However President Aquino, who flew into Bantayan airport for his first island visit in February 2014,[5] is interested in the development of the airport.[6]

In October 2015 meanwhile, a private entrepreneur tried to appropriate it.[7]

In February 2015^[update] it was reported that initial work was under way on the construction project to build new airports at Bantayan and Camotes.[8][9] The initial project phase is to determine a suitable location for the new airport, implying that it may be at an entirely different location on the island.[10]

From mid-November 2017^[update] CAAP stopped operation of Bantayan airstrip, due to the airport's dilapidated state.[11]

In January 2018^[update] the authority to manage the airport in Bantayan Island transferred from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) to the Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA).[12]

In August 2020^[update] Bantayan airport terminal, runway extension to be completed by end of 2020.[13][14]

In November^[update] the construction is at its last phase, and the airport open to business in December 2020.[15][16]

References

1. PAGASA - ICAO codes
2. CAAP 2012.
3. Erram, Morexette. "Regular flights to Bantayan Island, Cebu to launch this August". Cebu Daily News. Retrieved 4 Jul 2024.
4. Romanillos 2013.
5. Rubio 2014.
6. Balita 2014.
7. Mayol & Ta-as 2014.
8. Braga 2015.
9. Cabahug 2015.
10. Quintas 2017.
11. Ambrad 2017.
12. Ambrad 2018.
13. Erram 2020.
14. Philippines News Agency 2020.
15. Sugbo.ph 2020.
16. Erram 2020b.

Sources

• Balita, LAP (4 Jul 2014). "President Aquino wants to develop Bantayan airport – Gov. Davide". Archived from the original on 6 Nov 2014.
• "Bantayan Airport Development Project". Archived from the original on 28 Nov 2012.
• Romanillos, Peter L. (19 Aug 2013). "Review Camotes, Bantayan airport projects — Davide". Cebu Daily News. Archived from the original on 18 Aug 2013.
• Mayol, Ador Vincent S.; Ta-as, Apple (23 Sep 2014). "Mayor sues Brit for fencing off airstrip". Cebu Daily News. Archived from the original on 3 Nov 2014.
• Cabahug, Melissa Q. (2 Feb 2015). "Bantayan, Camotes to have airports". Cebu Daily News. Archived from the original on 4 Feb 2015.
• Erram, Morexette Marie B. (9 Aug 2020). "Bantayan airport terminal, runway extension to be completed by end of 2020". Cebu Daily News. Archived from the original on 16 Oct 2020.
• Erram, Morexette Marie B. (9 Oct 2020b). "UPDATED: Gwen to lead Bantayan Island Airport inspection on Oct. 16". Cebu Daily News. Archived from the original on 15 Oct 2020.
• Philippines News Agency, Carlo Lorenciana (10 Aug 2020). "Bantayan Airport upgrade completed by year end: MCIAA". Archived from the original on 16 Oct 2020.
• Sugbo.ph (17 Oct 2020). "Soon to rise: Commercial airport in Bantayan Island". Archived from the original on 2 Nov 2020.
• Rubio, Gregg M. (26 Feb 2014). "Bantayan Is. eyed as tourism hub". The Freeman. Archived from the original on 7 Dec 2014.
• Braga, Michael Vencynth H. (2 Feb 2015). "Dev't of Camotes, Bantayan airports on". The Freeman. Archived from the original on 20 Jul 2015.
• Quintas, Kristine B. (14 Jan 2017). "New airport eyed". The Freeman. Archived from the original on 15 Jan 2017.
• Ambrad, Lorraine Mitzi A. (20 Nov 2017). "Capitol to fix 2 airports: CAAP stops operation of Bantayan airstrip". The Freeman. Archived from the original on 19 Nov 2017.
• Ambrad, Lorraine Mitzi A. (8 Jan 2018). "Bantayan airport now under MCIAA". The Freeman. Archived from the original on 7 Jan 2018.