Does Negros have airport?
Does Negros have airport?
The airport is located 15 kilometers northeast of Bacolod on a 181-hectare site in Barangay Bagtic, Silay, Negros Occidental. Capable of handling international air traffic, the airport is the busier of the two major airports serving Negros Island, the other being Dumaguete Airport in Sibulan, Negros Oriental.
What is the airport code of Bacolod?
BCD
Bacolod–Silay Airport/Code
When was Bacolod airport built?
New Bacolod Airport, which opened on 18 January 2008, is a new domestic airport that was constructed from scratch on a 187ha greenfield site in Barangay, Bagtic, Silay City; located 24km north of the 72-year-old existing airport that it has now replaced – also called Bacolod Airport – in Bacolod City on Negros Island.
Which is the busiest airport on Negros Island?
The facility inherited its IATA and ICAO airport codes from Bacolod City Domestic Airport, which it replaced in 2008. Capable of handling international air traffic, the airport is the busier of the two major airports serving Negros Island, the other being Dumaguete Airport in Sibulan, Negros Oriental .
Where is the Bacolod Silay Airport in the Philippines?
Bacolod–Silay Airport, also referred to as Bacolod-Silay International Airport, (Hiligaynon: Hulugpaan sang Bacolod–Silay; Filipino: Paliparan ng Bacolod–Silay; IATA: BCD, ICAO: RPVB) is the main airport serving the general area of Metro Bacolod, in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines.
When did Bacolod City get a new airport?
Planning for a new airport for Bacolod commenced in 1997, when the Japan International Cooperation Agency initiated a study indicating the need for expansion at four Philippine airports: namely Bacolod City Domestic Airport, Mandurriao Airport in Iloilo City, Legazpi Airport in Legazpi and Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport in Tacloban.
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