Tuguegarao Airport is an airport serving the general area of Tuguegarao, the capital city of the province of Cagayan in the Philippines. Located along Maharlika Highway, the airport is accessible from adjacent municipalities in Cagayan and northern Isabela. It is classified as a major commercial domestic airport by the Air Transportation Office.
The airport is currently served by Cebu Pacific, Sky Pasada, and Philippine Airlines with regular and charter flights to Manila, Calayan, Batanes, and Isabela. In 2023, Tuguegarao Airport recorded annual passenger traffic of 225,961, a 52.8% increase from the previous year.
Airlines and destinations
Terminal and apron
The airport consists of a 1,100 square meter terminal with its second floor to be developed during its second phase of rehabilitation— and a 150-meter by 115-meter apron. In 2015, the Department of Transportation and Communications allotted ₱45.99 million for terminal upgrades and another ₱10.67 million for runway and taxiway widening.
On March 14, 2018, the rehabilitated and expanded Passenger Terminal Building was inaugurated by Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade. When all the expansions and upgrades were completed, the airport is expected to cater more passenger and aircraft movement as well as safe nighttime operations.
Expansion and development In 2015, the Department of Transportation and Communications launched the expansion and modernization program of the Tuguegarao Airport, alongside several key secondary airports in the country. Named as the Tuguegarao Airport Development Project, which consist of ₱10.67 million for taxiway and runway widening and another ₱45.99 million for the terminal upgrades.
As of 2018, Phase 1 was completed which includes the expansion of the passenger terminal building, widening of runway and taxiway and the upgrading of the Airfield Lighting System, necessary for longer night time operations. Phase 2 of the Tuguegarao Airport Development Project, which starts in 2018, covers the expansion of the existing pre-departure and check-in areas of the passenger terminal building and additional check-in counters at the second floor.
The 2024 national budget has allocated ₱150.0 million for the airport's development in time for the projected full recovery of global air traffic in 2025. The airport's new air traffic control tower is currently under construction.
The expansion is expected to be completed on December 2026 which can accommodate more-than-triple its current passenger capacity.
Statistics Volume of passengers Data of passenger movements is from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP).
+ Calendar YearPassenger movement% Change 2001 33,485 no data 2002 27,000 19.37% 2003 17,786 34.13% 2004 31,973 79.76% 2005 31,992 0.06% 2006 29,814 6.81% 2007 38,123 27.87% 2008 68,821 80.00% 2009 94,350 37.09% 2010Unless otherwise specified, data for 2001–2010 are taken from the archived version of a zip file from the downloads page of the CAAP's official website: 116,525 23.50% 2011Unless otherwise specified, data for 2011 are taken from the downloads section of the CAAP's official website: 127,595 9.50% 2012Unless otherwise specified, data for 2012 are taken from the downloads section of the CAAP's official website: 223,907 75.48% 2013Unless otherwise specified, data for 2013 are taken from the downloads section of the CAAP's official website: 141,151 36.96% 2014Unless otherwise specified, data for 2014 are taken from the downloads section of the CAAP's official website: 151,608 7.41% 2015Unless otherwise specified, data for 2015 is taken from the following page of the Philippine Government's Data Portal: 129,889 14.33% 2016Unless otherwise specified, data for 2016 is taken from the following document published in the Philippine Government's Freedom of Information Portal: 186,193 43.35% 2017Unless otherwise specified, data for 2017 is taken from the following document published in the Philippine Government's Freedom of Information Portal: 209,358 12.44% 2018Unless otherwise specified, data for 2018 is taken from the following document published in the Philippine Government's Freedom of Information Portal: 384,819 83.81%2019225,74741.34%202041,93181.43%202121,87047.84%2022147,865576.11%2023225,96152.82%
Accidents and incidents On August 1, 2023, a Cessna 152 plane registered as RP-C8598 crashed in Luna, Apayao, taking the lives of its two passengers. The plane, along with a similar aircraft, took off from Laoag at 12:16 PM but only one landed on Tuguegarao at 1:11 PM.
See also List of airports in the Philippines Cagayan North International Airport
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