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Diosdado Macapagal International Airport

Overview, Photographs, & Video Links
- After the cleanup of the base, which was covered in lahar after the Mount Pinatubo explosion and the typhoon that followed, the base was reopened in 1993 as the CSEZ.^[1]
- During the administration of former Philippine President Fidel Ramos, the airport was designated to be the future primary international gateway of the Philippines and the only international airport of Manila and its neighboring provinces when Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila has reached full capacity and can no longer be expanded.^[1]
- In the early 2000s, the airport was renamed by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the DMIA, in memory of her father, Diosdado Macapagal, the ninth Philippine president, who was a native of the province of Pampanga, where the airport is located.^[1]
- On October 12, 2007, an Airbus A380 MSN009 test aircraft landed in DMIA and demonstrated that it can be used under normal airline operating conditions, this further shows that DMIA can operate the Airbus A380 and become the premier airport of the Philippines in future.^[1]
  - Longest Runway: 10,499 ft.
  - Elevation: 484 ft.

Domestic
- Asia/Philippines/Metro Manila/Pasay City/Cebu Pacific/ (Cebu)
- South East Asean Airlines (Malay, Manila)

International
- AirAsia (Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur)
- Asiana Airlines (Seoul-Incheon)
- China Southern Airlines (Guangzhou) [charter]
- Hong Kong Express Airways (Hong Kong) [begins March 5] [16]
- Kang Pacific Airlines (Dhaka, Fujairah) [begins March 2008]
- Tair Airways (Jeddah, Riyadh) [pending announcement of start date]
- Tiger Airways (Macau, Singapore)