Mactan-Cebu International Airport

Mactan–Cebu International Airport Tugpahanang Pangkalibutan sa Mactan–Sugbo (Cebuano) Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Mactan–Cebu (Filipino)
Exterior of Mactan–Cebu International Airport
IATA: CEB ICAO: RPVM
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Mactan–Cebu International Airport Authority
Serves	Metro Cebu and Central Visayas
Location	Lapu-Lapu Airport Road, Barangay Ibo, Lapu-Lapu City, Metro Cebu, Central Visayas
Hub for	Cebu Pacific PAL Express Philippine Airlines Philippines AirAsia
Built	1956
Elevation AMSL	11 m / 36 ft
Coordinates	10°18′48″N 123°58′58″E / 10.31333°N 123.98278°E / 10.31333; 123.98278Coordinates: 10°18′48″N 123°58′58″E / 10.31333°N 123.98278°E / 10.31333; 123.98278
Website	mactancebuairport.com
Map
CEB/RPVM Location in the Philippines
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04/22 3,300 10,827 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 8,830,638 Aircraft movements 71,543 Cargo (in kg) 66,925,835
2016 MCIAA Statistics

Mactan–Cebu International Airport (Cebuano: Tugpahanang Pangkalibutan sa Mactan–Sugbo, Filipino: Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Mactan–Cebu) (IATA: CEB, ICAO: RPVM) located in Central Visayas region, is the second busiest airport of the Philippines. It is located in Lapu-Lapu City on Mactan Island, part of Metro Cebu. The airport is managed by the Mactan–Cebu International Airport Authority. It covers an area of 797 hectares (1,970 acres).

It has a single 3,300-meter (10,800 ft) runway that was built by the United States in 1956 as an emergency airport for Strategic Air Command bombers and was known as the Mactan Air Base. The runway is complemented by a full-length taxiway that it shares with the current Mactan Air Base of the Philippine Air Force.

Mactan–Cebu International Airport was chosen as the most viable location for the world's largest aircraft, the Antonov An-225 Mriya, to safely land when considering the combination of onward land transportation, sea freight, and airport capacity. The arrival of the aircraft in the airport marked the very first time that the aircraft landed in the Philippines.

The runway was built by the United States Air Force in 1956 as an emergency airport for Strategic Air Command bombers and it was known as the Mactan Air Base. It remained a spartan outpost until the Vietnam War in the 1960s when it became a base for a C-130 unit of the U.S. Air Force.