Bacolod City Domestic Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Bacolod City Domestic Airport
nativename = Paliparang Domestiko ng Lungsod ng Bacolod
Domestiko nga Hulugpaan sang Dakbanwa sang Bacolod

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caption = Exterior of Bacolod City Domestic Airport
type = Public
operator = Air Transportation Office
city-served = Bacolod City
location = Barangay Singcang, Bacolod City
elevation-f = 25
elevation-m = 8
coordinates = Coord|10|38|33.04|N|122|55|46.62|E|type:airport
metric-elev = yes
metric-rwy = yes
r1-number = 04/22
r1-length-f = 6,416
r1-length-m = 1,956
r1-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2005
stat1-header = Passengers
stat1-data = 562,062
stat2-header = Aircraft movements
stat2-data = 6,114
stat3-header = Metric tonnes of cargo
stat3-data = 7,011
footnotes = Statistics from the Air Transportation Office. [http://www.ato.gov.ph/Downloads/apc2001-2005.xls PASSENGER MOVEMENT CY 2001-2005] , Air Transportation Office, retrieved July 8, 2007]

Bacolod City Domestic Airport (Filipino: "Paliparang Domestiko ng Lungsod ng Bacolod", Hiligaynon: "Domestiko nga Hulugpaan sang Dakbanwa sang Bacolod") airport codes|BCD|RPVB, also known as Bacolod Airport, was the airport serving the general area of Bacolod City, the capital of Negros Occidental in the Philippines. It was one of the busiest airports in the Western Visayas region and was one of four trunkline airports, or major commercial domestic airports, in the region, the others being Mandurriao Airport in Iloilo City, Roxas Airport in Roxas City and Puerto Princesa Airport in Puerto Princesa. This airport was replaced by the new Bacolod-Silay City International Airport, located in nearby Silay City.

It was classified as such 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. As of February 2007, Cebu Pacific had increased its number of flights from Manila to Bacolod City. Bacolod City surpassed the Iloilo City (Mandurriao Airport) in the number of arriving passengers.

The airport was built by the Lopez family in 1936 to serve the Iloilo - Negros Air Express Company's flights to and from Bacolod, Iloilo and Manila. It was bought by Philippine Airlines after World War II. [cite news | last =Gomez | first =Carla P. | title =Vice President to open airport in Silay Jan. 18 | pages = | publisher =Visayan Daily Star Publications, Inc. | date = 2008-01-09 | url =http://www.visayandailystar.com/2008/January/09/topstory1.htm | accessdate = 2008-05-12] The Bacolod City Domestic Airport ceased operations on January 17, 2008, prior to the opening of the Bacolod-Silay City International Airport which began operations the day after. [cite news | last =Gomez | first =Carla P. | title =Bacolod mayor snubbed in airport inauguration? | pages =1 | publisher =Visayan Daily Star Publications, Inc. | date = 2008-01-17 | url =http://www.visayandailystar.com/2008/January/17/topstory1.htm | accessdate = 2008-01-17]

References

ee also

*List of airports in the Philippines

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