Gov't Approves New Camiguin Airport Project

5 Billion Airport To Rise In Mambajao

25 May 2024

The Philippine senate has approved the construction of  2.1km new Camiguin Airport with a price tag of ₱5 Billion pesos designed to replace the old Mambajao Airport and upgrade it to International Standard by 2035.

Under the new Mambajao Airport Development Project plan, the runway of the existing airport would be reoriented to the east to avoid terrains that prohibit the airport from growing and allow it to accommodate narrow bodied Airbus and Boeing jets under category C. 

Former Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said in a briefing recently that they have allocated already an initial amount of ₱700 million to lot acquisition for the 2.7 km runway safe area, and runway preparation works  as initial amount for the implementation of the project under phase 1, which will have 5 phases of airport development.  

Senator Zubiri said another ₱1.2 billion is allocated to the airport under phase 2 in the 2025 budget of the DOTr for runway concreting works spanning 2.1 kilometers.

Phase 3 of the project will cover construction of apron and taxiways, and phase 4 construction of new passenger terminal building, while phase 5 covers construction of control tower and navigational equipment.

Presently, the airport can accommodate only ATR and Q400 aircraft on one way traffic direction from the sea due to terrain issues on the west side. 

CEB To Fly Manila-Camiguin Direct

 Flight begins 15 November

 

28 October 2021

Low Cost Carrier Cebu Pacific (CEB) will launched direct flights between Manila and Camiguin starting November 15 as it expand its domestic footprint across the country.

The airline will also restart flights between Cebu and Camiguin starting Nov. 9, the company said in a statement. 

CEB will begin operating twice weekly between Cebu and Camiguin on November 9 (every Tuesday and Saturday), and twice-a-week every Monday and Friday, beginning November 15, between Manila and Camiguin.

Both routes will be operated by CebGo ATR 72-600 aircraft.

DOTr Inaugurates Camiguin Airport New PTB

 22 October 2021

The Transport Department (DOTr) has inaugurated the new 132.2-million pesos Camiguin Airport passenger terminal building Thursday.

DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade said the passenger terminal has grown four fold from the time Duterte administration expanded the airport facility in 2018.

"Before it can only accommodate 60 passengers, with the new one, it's now 220, there will be an impact in tourism with that," he said.

Tugade and Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) Director General, Captain Jim Sydiongco, led the inauguration of the projects for Camiguin Airport.

The completed projects include the expansion of the passenger terminal building amounting to PHP29.2 million; construction of the administration building (PHP4.6-M); one bay fire station building (PHP3.2-M); construction of CAAP Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) Office PHP2.04-M); as well as the asphalt overlay of the runway (PHP93.04-M).

 

Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific flies at the airport before the covid19 pandemic hit the country.