San Jose Airport (Mindoro)

For the airport in the United States, see San José International Airport

San Jose Airport
Paliparan ng San Jose
IATA: SJI – ICAO: RPUH
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
Serves San Jose, Occidental Mindoro
Opened 1951
Elevation AMSL 4 m / 14 ft
Coordinates 12°21′41″N 121°02′48″E / 12.36139°N 121.04667°E / 12.36139; 121.04667Coordinates: 12°21′41″N 121°02′48″E / 12.36139°N 121.04667°E / 12.36139; 121.04667
Map
SJI/RPUH

Location in the Philippines

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 1,836 6,024 Concrete
Statistics (2008)
Passengers 63,423
Aircraft movements 6,448
Metric tonnes of cargo 349
Sources: DAFIF,[1][2] Statistics from the Air Transportation Office.[3]

San Jose Airport (Filipino: Paliparan ng San Jose) (IATA: SJI, ICAO: RPUH), formerly known as McGuire Field, is an airport serving the general area of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro in the Philippines. It is one of three airports in Occidental Mindoro, the others being Mamburao Airport and Lubang Airport. The airport is classified as a Principal class 1 domestic airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, an agency of the Department of Transportation and Communications that is responsible for the operations of not only this airport but also of all other airports in the Philippines, except the major international airports.

History

San Jose Airport was originally an American air facility which operated in the latter years of World War II. The airstrip was formerly named after World War II 5th Air Force ace Major Thomas McGuire.[4] Consolidated B-24 Liberators were stationed in the facility.[5]

After the war, the air facility was abandoned by American forces,[6] the national government renovated the air facility and was inaugurated years later in 1951 by then President Elpidio Quirino.[5] The national government later built a concrete road from the town center to the airport as well as converted the wooden bridge over the Pandurucan River into a concrete bridge.[6]

The airport underwent a rehabilitation sometime around 2013.[7]

Facilities

The old passenger terminal of the airport in 2013.

The airport resides at an elevation of 14 feet (4 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 10/28 with a concrete surface measuring 1,836 by 30 metres (6,024 ft × 98 ft). It can accommodate an Airbus A319.[1]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Cebu Pacific Manila

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Airport information for RPUH from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ↑ Airport information for SJI at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ↑ Volume of Air Passengers and Air Cargo (Air Cargo in Metric Tons), Air Transportation Office, retrieved April 23, 2009
  4. ↑  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
  5. 1 2 Candelario, Rudy. "History of San Jose". Occ. Mindoro History & Culture. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  6. 1 2 "History". Barangay San Roque, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "PNoy mulls on disrupting beach or forest cover in building a road link between 2 Mindoro provinces". Island Sentinel. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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