Francisco Bangoy
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Francisco Bangoy International Airport Tugpahanang Pangkalibutan sa Francisco Bangoy (Cebuano) Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Francisco Bangoy (Filipino) |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines | ||||||||||
| Serves | Davao City | ||||||||||
| Location | Catitipan, Barangay Buhangin, Davao City | ||||||||||
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Cebu Pacific PAL Express Philippines AirAsia |
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| Elevation AMSL | 18 m / 59 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 07°07′32″N 125°38′45″E / 7.12556°N 125.64583°ECoordinates: 07°07′32″N 125°38′45″E / 7.12556°N 125.64583°E | ||||||||||
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| Passengers | 3,553,201 |
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| Aircraft movements | No Data Yet |
| Metric tonnes of cargo | 53,659 MT |
Francisco Bangoy International Airport (Cebuano: Tugpahanang Pangkalibutan sa Francisco Bangoy, Filipino: Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Francisco Bangoy), also known as Davao International Airport (IATA: DVO, ICAO: RPMD), is the main airport serving Davao City in the Philippines. It is the busiest airport on the island of Mindanao. The airport has a single 3,000-meter precision runway.
A new terminal replaces the previous airport terminals, which lie just across it, in handling both domestic and international flights operating to and from Davao. The modern facility is designed to handle approximately 2 million passengers annually and 84,600 metric tons of cargo annually. The added capacity is also complemented by the latest navigational, security, and baggage handling equipment.
The modernization and upgrading of the airport facilities aims to cement Davao as a hub for tourism and foreign investment in the region. Development was funded by a forty million-dollar loan from the Asian Development Bank, co-financed by the European Investment Bank for twenty-five million ECUs, and through budgetary allocations from the government. The total cost of the project amounted to $128 million.
After almost a decade, the new terminal was finally inaugurated on December 2, 2003. Initial construction began in 2000 while plans for construction were announced in 1992.
On November 12, 2007, Cebu Pacific announced this airport as its third hub.
Francisco Bangoy International Airport began operations in the 1940s with a donation of land in Barangay Sasa, located in the Buhangin district of Davao City, by Don Francisco Bangoy, the patriarch of an influential family residing in the city. At the time it began operation, the airport merely consisted of a 1,200-meter unpaved grass runway and quonset huts serving as terminal buildings. At the time, and throughout much of the 1940s and 1950s, both Philippine Airlines and the Philippine Air Force provided air service to the city.
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