Villamor Airbase

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

Website

www.paf.mil.ph

Map

Villamor Air Base

Location in the Philippines

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
06/24	3, 737	12, 261	Concrete
13/31	2, 258	7, 408	Concrete

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.

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.

A Fifth Air Force base, Nichols Field was within the territory of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, December 1941 – January 1945.

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