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Imelda R. Marcos Airport
Paliparang Imelda R. Marcos
Tugpahanang Imelda R. MarcosIATA: MXI – ICAO: RPMQ Summary Airport type Public Operator Air Transportation Office Serves Mati City Location Barangay Dahican, Mati City Elevation AMSL 48 m / 156 ft Coordinates 6°56′57.72″N 126°16′22.62″E / 6.9493667°N 126.27295°E Runways Direction Length Surface m ft 14/32 1,625 5,330 Asphalt Imelda R. Marcos Airport (Filipino: Paliparang Imelda R. Marcos, Cebuano: Tugpahanang Imelda R. Marcos), also known as Mati National Airport (IATA: MXI, ICAO: RPMQ), is an airport that serves the general area of Mati City, located in the province of Davao Oriental in the Philippines. It is the only airport in Davao Oriental. The airport is classified as a secondary 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.
The airport is named after Imelda Marcos, although the origin as to how the airport was named after her is unknown. It is one of two airports in the Philippines named after a member of the Marcos family; the other being Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport in Tacloban City.
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Community airports Bagabag (RPUZ) • Baler (BQA) • Bantayan (RPSB) • Bislig (BPH) • Borongan (BPR) • Wao
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notable aerodromesAirports in italics have not yet been opened, are under construction, or are in the planning stages.Ferdinand & Imelda Marcos 10th President of the Philippines and 10th First Lady of the PhilippinesFamily Josefa Edralin & Mariano Marcos and Remedios Trinidad & Vicente Lopez-Romualdez (parents) · Imee, Bongbong, Irene & Aimee (children) · Pacifico (brother) · Pio Marcos and Quirino Lizardo (relatives)
Education Political career Pi Gamma Mu · Nacionalista Party · 2nd district of Ilocos Norte (1949-1959) · President of the Senate of the Philippines · Kilusang Bagong LipunanPresidency
(1965–1986)Post-presidency Elections 1949 · 1963 · 1965 · 1967 · 1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1973 (Jan) · 1973 (Jul) · 1975 (KB) · 1975 (SB) · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 (SP) · 1980 (KB) · 1981 (Apr) · 1981 (Jun) · 1982 (B) · 1984 parliamentary · 1984 plebiscite · 1981 · 1986 · 1992 · 1995Contributions Predecessor: Diosdado Macapagal, 9th President of the Philippines
Successor: Corazon Aquino, 11th President of the PhilippinesCategories:- Airports in the Philippines
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