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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 Location of airport in Philippines
MBTSummary Airport type Public Operator Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines Serves Masbate City Elevation AMSL 8 m / 26 ft Coordinates 12°22′09.72″N 123°37′45.25″E / 12.3693667°N 123.6292361°E 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.
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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
PAL Express plane at Masbate Airport in Masbate City (Bicol, Philippines)
Moises R. Espinosa Airport from the stairs of an Asian Spirit plane.Airlines Destinations Airphil Express Manila Zest Airways Manila See also
References
- ^ PASSENGER MOVEMENT CY 2001-2008, Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, retrieved April 21, 2009
- ^ Philippine Information Agency - Provincial Profile: Masbate
- ^ Lina to conduct probe in Masbate. Manila Bulletin, August 13, 2001
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