Villamor Air Base

Villamor Air Base
Parañaque and Pasay, Metro Manila
522nd Logistics Group Headquarters Building
Coordinates	14°30′31″N 121°01′10″E / 14.50861°N 121.01944°E / 14.50861; 121.01944
Type	airbase
Site information
Owner	Philippines
Controlled by	Philippine Air Force
Condition	active, as of 2016
Site history
Built	1919
Built by	United States
In use	1919-present
Battles/wars	World War II
Events	Battle of the Philippines (1941-1942) Philippines Campaign (1944-1945) 250th Presidential Airlift Wing 520th Airbase Wing 505th Search and Rescue Group 207th Tactical Operations Squadron

Villamor Air Base
IATA: MNL ICAO: RPLL
Summary
Airport type	Public/Military
Operator	Philippine Air Force
Serves	Manila
Elevation AMSL	23 m / 75 ft
Coordinates	14°30′31″N 121°01′10″E / 14.50861°N 121.01944°E / 14.50861; 121.01944
Website	www.paf.mil.ph
Map
Villamor Air Base Location in the Philippines
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24 3, 737 12, 260 Asphalt 13/31 2, 367 7, 766 Asphalt

Battle of the Philippines (1941-1942)
Philippines Campaign (1944-1945)

Villamor Air Base (IATA: MNL, ICAO: RPLL), named for Filipino WWII pilot Jesús A. Villamor is the home of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) and shares runways with the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). It is also known as Nichols Field or Nichols Air Base. Chiefly used as a PAF transport/helicopter airbase, it is also the military installation that the Philippine president uses when departing for foreign or domestic trips, though foreign departures are mostly done at the NAIA. Also, foreign dignitaries visiting Manila would usually arrive at the air base.

Nichols Field was built in 1919 by the United States during the Philippine Commonwealth period and in 1941 was used as an airfield by the United States Army Air Forces in the South West Pacific Theatre. The field was the location of the U.S. Far East Air Force's U.S. 20th Air Base Group. Also, based at the field was Troop F of the U.S. 26th Cavalry Regiment.