- Kabankalan City Domestic Airport
Infobox Airport
name = Kabankalan City Domestic Airport
nativename = Paliparang Domestiko ng Lungsod ng Kabankalan
Domestiko nga Hulugpaan sang Dakbanwa sang Kabankalan
IATA =
ICAO =
type = Public
operator = Air Transportation Office
city-served =Kabankalan City
location = Barangay Hilamonan,Kabankalan City ,Negros Occidental
elevation-f = 115
elevation-m = 35
coordinates = Coord|10|0|33.92|N|122|49|59.32|E|type:airport
metric-elev = yes
metric-rwy = yes
r1-number = unknown
r1-length-m = 1,800
r1-length-f = 5,906
r1-surface =Concrete Kabankalan City Domestic Airport (Filipino: "Paliparang Domestiko ng Lungsod ng Kabankalan", Hiligaynon: "Domestiko nga Hulugpaan sang Dakbanwa sang Kabankalan") is a new
airport designed to serve the general area ofKabankalan City , located in the province ofNegros Occidental in thePhilippines . The airport would be the second airport in Negros Occidental, afterBacolod-Silay City International Airport , and the third airport on the island of Negros. It is located four kilometers northeast of Kabankalan City proper on a 100-hectare site in Barangay Hilamonan. [http://www.visayandailystar.com/2006/February/11/topstory8.htm Purchase of airport site in Kabankalan set: Zayco] ,Visayan Daily Star ,February 11 ,2006 ]The airport was mentioned in the 2006 State of the Nation Address of President
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo , although the project is not receiving any funding from the Philippine government. The project is financed completely by the city government of Kabankalan, with the airport costing the city government around two hundred million pesos.Construction on the new airport commenced on
March 9 ,2007 , with completion slated by 2010. [http://thedailyguardian.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6586&Itemid=2 Kabankalan airport ready by 2010] ,The Daily Guardian , retrievedMarch 26 ,2008 ] However, it is has not yet been classified by the Air Transportation Office.tructure
Kabankalan City Domestic Airport will initially contain both cargo and passenger terminals, a
control tower and loading and navigation systems. [http://www.lcp.org.ph/04132007_KabankalanAirport.htm Kabankalan City builds Domestic Airport] ,League of Cities of the Philippines , retrievedMay 31 ,2007 ] It will also have an initial 1,800-meterrunway , [http://www.visayandailystar.com/2005/July/07/topstory1.htm ATO preparing plans for Kabankalan airport] ,Visayan Daily Star ,July 7 ,2005 ] although some sources indicate that the runway can have a length of up to 3,000 meters.It is said that some of the equipment of
Mandurriao Airport in Iloilo City, when closed, will be transferred and used at this airport. [http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&sec=reader&rp=1&fi=p070324.htm&no=8&date= Country in crucial stage of political history, says Negros Occ. guv] , Philippine Information Agency,March 24 ,2007 ] However, equipment and personnel instead from the oldBacolod City Domestic Airport will run and man the facility.References
ee also
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List of airports in the Philippines
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