McGuire Field

Infobox Airport
name = McGuire Field
nativename = Palapagang McGuire
IATA = SJI
ICAO = RPUH
type = Public
operator = Air Transportation Office
city-served = San Jose, Occidental Mindoro
elevation-f = 14
elevation-m = 4
coordinates = coord|12|21|41.46|N|121|02|47.90|E|type:airport
metric-elev = yes
metric-rwy = yes
r1-number = 10/28
r1-length-m = 1,836
r1-length-f = 6,024
r1-surface = Concrete
stat-year = 2005
stat1-header = Passengers
stat1-data = 38,554
stat2-header = Aircraft movements
stat2-data = 1,222
stat3-header = Metric tonnes of cargo
stat3-data = 356
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]

McGuire Field (Filpino: "Palapagang McGuire") airport codes|SJI|RPUH, also known as San Jose Airport, is an airport serving the general area of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro in the Philippines. It is one of three airports in Occidental Mindoro, the others being Mamburao Airport and Lubang Airport. The airport is classified as a trunkline airport, or a major commercial domestic 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.

Originally an American air base, the airport's name honors World War II 5th Air Force ace Major Thomas McGuire. It is the only Philippine airport to deviate from standard airport naming procedures, lacking the word "airport" in its name.

Airlines

The following airlines fly to McGuire Field:
*Cebu Pacific (Manila)
*Philippine Airlines
**PAL Express (Manila)
*Zest Airways (Manila)

References

ee also

*List of airports in the Philippines

External links

* [http://www.worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=RP70245 World Aero Data - San Jose Airport (SJI) Details]
* [http://www.pacificwrecks.com/provinces/philippines_mindoro.html]