Sanga-Sanga Airport
Sanga-Sanga Airport Lapagan Sanga-Sanga | |||||||||||
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 A view of Sanga-Sanga Airport from the peak of Mount Bongao. | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines | ||||||||||
| Serves | Bongao, Tawi-Tawi | ||||||||||
| Location | Barangay Sanga-Sanga, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2 m / 7 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 05°02′49″N 119°44′34″E / 5.04694°N 119.74278°ECoordinates: 05°02′49″N 119°44′34″E / 5.04694°N 119.74278°E | ||||||||||
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  TWT/RPMN Location in the Philippines | |||||||||||
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| Statistics (2017) | |||||||||||
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Statistics from the Air Transportation Office.[1] | |||||||||||
Sanga-Sanga Airport (Sinama: Lapagan Sanga-Sanga) (IATA: TWT, ICAO: RPMN), also known as Tawi-Tawi Airport, is the airport serving the general area of Bongao, the capital of the province of Tawi-Tawi in the Philippines. The airport is classified as a Class 2 principal (minor domestic) airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, a body of the Department of Transportation 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. It is not an international airport, contrary to its classification by the Tawi-Tawi provincial government. It is located in Sanga-Sanga Island. The airport was formerly referred by IATA with the code SGS until the end of 2011, when its IATA code was finally changed to TWT.
In 2005, the runway was extended to 1,860 meters through partnerships between the DOTC (now renamed as DOTr), the CAAP, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the regional government of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (defunct) and the Tawi-Tawi provincial government. In addition, the runway has been widened to 30 meters. Along with the expansion of Jolo Airport in Sulu, the expansion of the runway was completed in August 2009.[2]
The new runway was officially inaugurated on August 17, 2009 by Ambassador Kristie Kenney and local officials in Tawi-Tawi.[3]
In 2015, the Department of Transportation and Communications (formerly DOTC, now Department of Transportation/DOTr) allotted Php248 million to jumpstart the renovation of the Sanga-Sanga Airport and additional Php10 million for the fencing requirement expenses of Cagayan de Sulu Airport in the municipality of Mapun, Tawi-tawi. DOTC has also scheduled to release another Php577 million by January 2016 to finance the further improvement and development of the Sanga-Sanga Airport.[4]
Airlines and destinations[]
Cebu Pacific operates daily flights to Tawi-Tawi from Zamboanga and vice versa, utilizing the Airbus A320 aircraft.[5] PAL Express also operates 5x weekly flights on the same route sector, deploying the Bombardier Q400 NextGen aircraft.[6]
Due to the cancellation of flights following the COVID-19 pandemic, this list is no longer current and is subject to change without prior notice.[7]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Cebu Pacific | Zamboanga[8] |
| PAL Express | Zamboanga[9] |
| Platinum Skies | Zamboanga |
See also[]
References[]
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
- ^ PASSENGER MOVEMENT CY 2001-2005 Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, Air Transportation Office, retrieved July 8, 2007
- ^ Airport upgrades in Sulu and Tawi-Tawi pick up pace[permanent dead link], , May 19, 2009
- ^ Kenney inaugurates upgraded Tawi-Tawi airport project Archived 2009-08-20 at the Wayback Machine, Sun.Star Zamboanga, August 18, 2009
- ^ P835-M earmarked for Tawi-Tawi airport upgrade
- ^ "Cebu Pacific added more flights for Zamboanga - Tawi-Tawi route". My Mindanao | Mindanao Travels and Photography by Nanardx. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
- ^ Share; Twitter; Twitter; Twitter. "PAL to introduce Zamboanga-Tawi-Tawi route Dec. 15". www.pna.gov.ph. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
- ^ "Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)". www.philippineairlines.com. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
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- ^ PAL to open new domestic routes in December 2019
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