Masbate Airport Paliparan ng Masbate Palupadan san Masbate Palayogan nin Masbate
Exterior of Masbate Airport
IATA: MBT – ICAO: RPVJ
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
Serves		Masbate City
Elevation AMSL		8 m / 26 ft
Coordinates		12°22′09.72″N 123°37′45.25″E / 12.3693667°N 123.6292361°E / 12.3693667; 123.6292361Coordinates: 12°22′09.72″N 123°37′45.25″E / 12.3693667°N 123.6292361°E / 12.3693667; 123.6292361
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
03/21	1,500	4,921	Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2008)
Passengers			23,585
Aircraft movements			1,118
Metric tonnes of cargo			144.804
Source: Statistics from the Air Transportation Office.

Masbate Airport (Filipino: Paliparan ng Masbate, Masbateño: Palupadan san Masbate, Bikol: Palayogan nin Masbate) (IATA: MBT, ICAO: RPVJ) is an airport serving the general area of Masbate City, located in the province of Masbate in the Philippines. The airport is classified as a Class 2 principal (minor domestic) airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, a body of the Department of Transportation and Communications that is responsible for the operations of not only this airport but also of all other airports in the Philippines except the major international airports.

Future expansion

Masbate Airport had undergone a renovation of its runway and terminal building between 2006 and 2008. In the next few yeaes Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines will provide improving aviation facilities and such to Masbate Airport, to become a class airport that will welcome the tourism in the province.

Incidents and accidents

• On January 2, 2008, Asian Spirit Flight 321, an NAMC YS-11 departing from Manila, piloted by Captain Alexandro Tiglao with First Officer Dominick Mendoza as co-pilot, overshot the runway at Masbate Airport at 7:30 a.m., due to heavy tailwinds with gustiness reaching 14 knots while landing on runway 21. Although none of the 47 passengers were seriously injured, the accident destroyed the aircraft’s nozzle, the plane’s right propeller and its right and nose wheel, and caused the plane’s fuel tank to leak.

Airlines and destinations

Zest Airways plane at Masbate Airport in Masbate City (Bicol, Philippines)

PAL Express plane at Masbate Airport in Masbate City (Bicol, Philippines)

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