- Marinduque Airport
-
Marinduque Airport
Paliparan ng Marinduque
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′36.10″N 121°49′30.92″E / 13.360028°N 121.8252556°E 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
Currently only one airline serves Marinduque: Zest Airways , flying to and from Manila. Zest Airways uses a Xian MA-60 aircraft. Philippine Airlines previously used to serve Marinduque with its fleet of YS-11, and later Fokker 50 aircraft, before ceasing the route during the Asian financial crisis.
A Zest Airways MA-60 arrives at Marinduque.
Airlines Destinations Zest Airways Manila References
- ^ "Philippine Aircraft, Passenger and Cargo Statistics 2001-2008". March 3, 2009. http://www.caap.gov.ph/Downloads/airpasscar01-08.zip. Retrieved April 21, 2009.
Airports in the PhilippinesInternational airports Major domestic airports Minor domestic airports Alcantara (TBH) • Baguio (BAG) • Basco (BSO) • Bongao (SGS) • Busuanga (USU) • Calbayog (CYP) • Catarman (CRM) • Cuyo (CYU) • Del Carmen (IAO) • Gasan (MRQ) • Jolo (JOL) • Malay (MPH) • Mambajao (CGM) • Masbate (MBT) • Ormoc (OMC) • San Jose (Antique) (EUQ) • Surigao (SUG) • Tandag (TDG) • Virac (VRC)
Community airports Bagabag (RPUZ) • Baler (BQA) • Bantayan (RPSB) • Bislig (BPH) • Borongan (BPR) • Wao
Unclassified and
notable aerodromesAirports in italics have not yet been opened, are under construction, or are in the planning stages. 
This article about an airport in the Philippines is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
