Basco Airport


Basco Airport is an airport serving the province of Batanes in the Philippines. It is located in the provincial capital, Basco. It is one of two airports in the Batanes Islands, the other being Itbayat Airport.
The airport is classified as a Class 2 principal domestic airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, a body of the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the operations of non-major airports.
The airport is one of the hubs of Sky Pasada, a local carrier that flies short-haul routes between Basco and select airports in Northern Luzon.
Although the airport in the past was briefly served by international flights, the airport is not officially classified as an international airport.

History

Basco Airport was first built in 1930 as Batan Airfield. During the Second World War, it became a target of Japanese forces during their invasion of the Philippines, seizing it along with the whole island on the first day of the Pacific War on 8 December 1941. Subsequently, the airfield was bombed by American planes in the closing months of the war in 1945, but the Japanese managed to hold on to it until their official surrender.

Airlines and destinations

Statistics

Data from Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines

Passenger movements

Aircraft movements

YearDomesticChange
20033,322
20042,734 17.70%
20053,240 18.51%
20062,726 15.86%
20071,204 55.83%
2008766 36.38%
20091,246 62.66%
2010709 43.10%
20111,926 171.65%
20121,934 0.42%
20132,512 29.89%
20141,890 24.76%
20152,160 14.29%
20162,538 17.50%
20172,702 6.46%

Cargo movements

YearDomestic Change
2003247,978
2004280,210 13.00%
2005346,017 23.48%
2006378,055 9.26%
2007344,832 8.79%
2008301,968 12.43%
200910,980 96.36%
2010386,512 3,420.15%
2011388,150 0.42%
2012361,389 6.89%
2013510,172 41.17%
2014701,712 37.54%
2015866,985 23.55%
20161,122,039 29.42%
20171,299,048 15.78%