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Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport
Paliparang Daniel Z. Romualdez
Luparan Daniel Z. Romualdez
Exterior of Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport IATA: TAC – ICAO: RPVA 
Daniel Z. Romualdez
AirportDaniel Z. Romualdez
Airport (Philippines)Summary Airport type Public Operator Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines Serves Tacloban City Location Barangay Costa Brava, San Jose, Tacloban City Elevation AMSL 3 m / 10 ft Coordinates 11°13′39″N 125°01′40″E / 11.2275°N 125.02778°E Runways Direction Length Surface m ft 18/36 2,138 7,014 Asphalt Statistics (2010) Passengers 859,938 Aircraft movements 7,954(2,009) Metric tonnes of cargo 4,546(2,009) Statistics from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines.[1] Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport (Filipino: Paliparang Daniel Z. Romualdez, Waray-Waray: Luparan Daniel Z. Romualdez) (IATA: TAC, ICAO: RPVA), also known as DZR Airport or Tacloban Domestic Airport, is an airport serving the general area of Tacloban City, located in the province of Leyte in the Philippines. The airport is classified as a Class 1 principal (major 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.
The DZR Airport is the 7th busiest airport in the Philippines, outside of Metro Manila (out of the 20 major airports) in terms of passenger volume (with 830,579 passengers), based on the 2009 statistics of the Air Transportation Office. It ranked behind the airports in Mactan, Davao, Iloilo, Bacolod, Cagayan De Oro and Caticlan.
The airport is named after Daniel Z. Romualdez, a former speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives and uncle of former first lady Imelda Marcos, the wife of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. It is one of two airports in the Philippines named after a member of the Marcos family, the other being Imelda R. Marcos Airport in Mati City, named after the first lady herself.
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Airlines and Destinations
Airlines Destinations Airphil Express Cebu, Manila Cebu Pacific Cebu, Manila Philippine Airlines Manila Zest Airways Manila Statistics
In terms of passenger traffic, Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport is one of the top 10 busiest airports in the Philippines. The airport's traffic has been increasing positively in the past 10 years, almost tripling the number from its 2001 level to present. The airport is expected to hit the 1 million mark in 2012 based on the current growth rate of passenger traffic.
- Passengers
Year Passengers 2001 299,292 2002 303,490 2003 283,573 2004 289,669 2005 328,358 2006 399,885 2007 511,322 2008 627,201 2009 893,997 2010 859,938 Public Transport Access
The airport is accessible from downtown Tacloban City with jeepneys plying the Downtown-San Jose-Airport route. Since 2010, airport taxis opened service for passengers connecting from the airport to Tacloban City Bus Terminal and other point of destinations such as San Juanico Bridge, MacArthur Landing Memorial in nearby town of Palo and other towns nearby Tacloban City.
Future development
A planned new terminal building has been proposed by the city government of Tacloban, to replace the current building. The new terminal, costing some 300 to 350 million pesos, will be built via a Build-Operate-Transfer scheme. Some 500 million pesos was allocated for the terminal's construction, with the city government collecting a share of current terminal fees to shoulder its expenses in constructing the new terminal. No timeline has yet been set.[2]
Incidents
- On 4 August 1984, A Philippine Airlines flight overshot runway 36 and landed in the sea. All 70 passengers and five crew survived.[3]
- On 7 May 2010, a Cebu Pacific ATR 72-500, while parked and finishing boarding procedures for its Tacloban-Cebu flight (5J-429), was hit at the wingtip by an incoming Philippine Airlines Airbus A320-214 which was taxiing after arriving from Ninoy Aquino International Airport.[4]
See also
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.
- ^ Roundup: Tacloban to build new airport, Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 16, 2007
- ^ ASN Aircraft accident BAC One-Eleven 527FK RP-C1182 Tacloban Airport (TAC),
- ^ PAL plane hits wing tip of parked Cebu Pacific plane in Tacloban airport,
External links
- Airport information for RPVA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
Airports in the PhilippinesInternational airports Major domestic airports Bacolod (BCD) • Butuan (BXU) • Cagayan de Oro (CGY) • Cotabato (CBO) • Dipolog (DPL) • Dumaguete (DGT) • Legazpi (LGP) • Naga (WNP) • Pagadian (PAG) • Roxas (RXS) • San Jose (Mindoro) (SJI) • Tacloban (TAC) • Tagbilaran (TAG) • Tuguegarao (TUG)
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. Categories:- Airports in the Philippines
- Leyte
- Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in the Philippines
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