Legazpi Airport

Legazpi International Airport Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Legazpi
The runway of Legazpi International Airport and the city of Legazpi as seen from Ligñon Hill. The terminal is the blue building near the right side of the runway.
IATA: LGP ICAO: RPLP
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
Location	Legazpi
Elevation AMSL	20 m / 66 ft
Coordinates	13°9′25″N 123°44′46″E / 13.15694°N 123.74611°E / 13.15694; 123.74611Coordinates: 13°9′25″N 123°44′46″E / 13.15694°N 123.74611°E / 13.15694; 123.74611
Map
LGP/RPLP Location in the Philippines
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24 2,280 7,480 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Passengers 435,151 Aircraft movements 2,556(2,008) Metric tonnes of cargo 979(2,008)
Statistics from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines.

Legazpi International Airport (Filipino: Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Legazpi, Bikol: Pankinàban na Palayogan nin Legazpi) (IATA: LGP, ICAO: RPLP) in the Philippines is a major airport in the Bicol Region, serving the vicinity of Legazpi, the capital city of Albay. It has a single runway with dimensions of 2280 x 36 meters, longer than those of the former airports of Bacolod (1958 x 30 meters) and Iloilo City (2100 x 43 meters). The airport can handle medium-sized civilian jets and military aircraft.

The jet age came to Legazpi in the late 1960s and by the 1970s Philippine Airlines (PAL) introduced regular service to/from Manila using British Aircraft Corporation's BAC 1-11s. In the late 1980s PAL introduced Boeing 737-300s. YS-11s provided airlink to Mactan, Cebu, Masbate, and Virac. When PAL phased out the YS-11s and the short-lived Shorts SD-360 'Sunriser,' Fokker 50s replaced them. Before the debilitating labor strike in 1998 which caused PAL to temporarily cease operation, Legazpi Airport served as the airline's hub in Bicol, serving Manila, Cebu, Masbate, Virac, even Catarman in Samar. Today, it serves local clients and transient passengers from southern Camarines Sur and the province of Sorsogon. Currently Legazpi airport charges each departing passenger a one hundred and fifty pesos (P150) terminal fee