Kalibo Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Kalibo Airport
nativename = Paliparan ng Kalibo


caption = Exterior of Kalibo Airport
IATA = KLO
ICAO = RPVK
type = Public
operator = Air Transportation Office
city-served = Kalibo, Aklan
elevation-f = 14
elevation-m = 4
coordinates = Coord|11|40|45.95|N|122|22|34.66|E|type:airport
metric-elev = yes
metric-rwy = yes
r1-number = 05/23
r1-length-m = 2,187
r1-length-f = 7,175
r1-surface = Concrete

Kalibo Airport airport codes|KLO|RPVK is an airport that serves the general area of Kalibo, the capital of Aklan province in the Philippines. The airport is classified as a secondary airport, or a minor commercial domestic airport, by the Air Transportation Office, a body of the Department of Transportation and Communications responsible for the operations of all airports in the Philippines except major international airports. It is the only domestic airport in the Philippines that serves international flights.

The airport is about ten minutes from the main plaza of Kalibo, and is one of two airports serving Boracay, the other being Godofredo P. Ramos Airport in the town of Malay.

Airlines

The following airlines serve Kalibo Airport:

Domestic

*Philippine Airlines (Manila)
*Cebu Pacific (Manila)

International

*Mandarin Airlines (Taipei-Taoyuan)
*Zest Airways (Seoul-Incheon)

Future expansion

On March 31, 2008, construction of the airport much-awaited new terminal building has already commenced. The said construction is part of the 130-million peso fund promised by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2007 for the upgrading of the airport which is being geared to become an international landmark for tourism. The package includes 80 million pesos for the new terminal, while 50 million was released last year by the Department of Budget and Management for the installation of an Instrument Landing System (ILS). [Citation
url=http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2008/03/29/PROV20080329120580.html
title=Construction of Kalibo Airport
publisher=The Manila Bulletin Online
accessdate=2008-04-02]

References

ee also

*Godofredo P. Ramos Airport
*List of airports in the Philippines

External links

* [http://www.worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=RP11214 World Aero Data - Kalibo Airport (KLO) Details]
*satellite image from [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=kalibo+philippines&ie=UTF8&z=14&ll=11.683674,122.381001&spn=0.037908,0.086517&t=k&om=0 maps.google.com]