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RPMY Laguindingan International Airport VFR

  • Name
    Laguindingan International Airport
  • ICAO / IATA / GPS
    RPMY / CGY / RPMY
  • Type
  • Restriction
  • Region
  • Timezone
    1:56 pm (PST)
  • Municipality
    Cagayan de Oro
  • Coordinates
    8° 36′ 43″ N 124° 27′ 23″ E
  • Elevation
    190 ft (58 m MSL)

About Laguindingan International Airport

Laguindingan Airport (IATA: CGY, ICAO: RPMY), also referred to as Laguindingan International Airport, is an international airport in Northern Mindanao that serves the cities of Cagayan de Oro, Iligan and Marawi, as well as the provinces of Misamis Oriental, Lanao del Norte and Bukidnon in the Philippines. The airport is Mindanao's second-busiest airport after Francisco Bangoy International Airport in Davao City.

While the airport is billed as an international airport, Laguindigan Airport is classified as a Class 1 principal (major domestic) airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), a body of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) responsible for implementing policies on civil aviation to assure safe, economic and efficient air travel, and the handling of operations at airports (except major international ones).

The airport sits on a 4.17 square kilometers (1.61 sq mi) site in Barangay Moog, Laguindingan, and is 46 kilometers (29 mi) from Cagayan de Oro and 57 kilometers (35 mi) from Iligan. It opened on June 15, 2013, and replaced both Lumbia Airport (now Lumbia Airfield) in Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro and Maria Cristina Airport in Maria Cristina, Iligan. Lumbia Airport now serves as a military air base for the Philippine Air Force, while Maria Cristina Airport in Iligan serves general aviation.

Before the airport was built, the land was vegetated by few tropical trees and inhabited by several residents. It was said that the land was a tropical forest and the access road's land was a part of the present-day large hilly grassland. The airport was built on a nearest beach in Laguindingan at the north side (westbound). The access road before the airport built was the dirt road branching different roads or muddy passageways to residents.

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