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Coordinates: 10°49′57″N 122°29′34″E 10.8325, 122.49278

Iloilo International Airport

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  • Planning for the Iloilo International Airport project commenced in 1998, during the administration of Joseph Estrada. In November 1998, Estrada signed an executive order that created the Iloilo Airport Coordinating Committee, headed by Iloilo-born senator Franklin Drilon, one of the chief architects and supporters of the project. The project was approved by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) in March 2000.^[1]
  • The Iloilo International Airport project was inaugurated by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on January 25, 2004 in Cabatuan, the primary site of the airport. The airport project was to be funded with a 6.2-billion peso loan as part of a loan package provided by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. It was decided that a new airport was needed for Iloilo City after it was found that Mandurriao Airport was unexpandable due to operational obstacles and the presence of structures that prohibited its expansion, such as slum areas and other natural and civic structures.^[1]
  • The selection of Cabatuan and Santa Barbara as the locations for the airport complex was done in a study performed by the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).^[1]
  • Physical construction work on the new airport started on April 14, 2004. The original expected deadline of completion was June 2007, although the expected deadline was moved to the first quarter of 2007. The Taisei Shimizu Joint Venture company was the contractor for the project, with Phil-Japan Airport Consultants, Inc. managing the project and serving as the government's consultant to the project. The project was 75 percent complete as of July 14, 2006, and was completed in March of 2007, ahead of schedule but over budget, with a final cost of around nine billion pesos caused by increases in the cost of civil works and consultancy services.^[1]
  • Longest Runway: 8,203 ft.
  • Elevation: 168 ft.

Airlines

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  • Asia/Philippines/Metro Manila/Pasay City/Cebu Pacific/ (Cebu, Davao [begins May 8], Manila)
  • Philippine Airlines (Manila)
    • Air Philippines (Cebu, Manila)

• International

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