Bantayan Airport is an airport serving Bantayan Island in the province of Cebu in the Philippines. The airport is located in the municipality of Santa Fe, approximately 3.9 nmi from the centre of Bantayan municipality. It is classified as a community airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). Since the beginning of 2018, management of the airport has moved from CAAP to Mactan–Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA).

Structure

Bantayan Airport is a small community airstrip with a paved runway but no services (no refuelling capabilities). The largest handling capacity is now an 80-passenger aeroplane. The concrete runway is 1400 m long and 18 m wide, as well as a small terminal. The terminal shed was erected in 2003, along with two security fences and the airport gate, as part of an airport improvement program initiated by the CAAP.

Airlines and destinations

Salient dates

**** there is**** doubt about the future**** of**** the airport.**** CAAP wishes to cease funding it. However President Aquino, who flew into Bantayan airport for his first island visit in February 2014, is interested in the development of the airport. In October 2015 meanwhile, a private entrepreneur tried to appropriate it. **** it**** was reported**** that**** initial work**** was under way on**** the construction**** project to**** build new airports**** at**** Bantayan**** and Camotes.**** The initial project phase is to determine a suitable location for the new airport, implying that it may be at an entirely different location on the island. **** CAAP**** stopped operation of**** Bantayan**** airstrip****,**** due to**** the airport's dilapidated state.**** **** the authority to**** manage**** the airport in**** Bantayan**** Island**** transferred from**** the Civil Aviation**** Authority of**** the Philippines (CAAP)**** to**** the Mactan**** Cebu**** International Airport Authority (MCIAA****). **** Bantayan**** airport terminal****,**** runway**** extension to**** be**** completed by**** end of**** 2020****.**** **** the construction**** is**** at**** its last**** phase,**** and the airport open**** to**** business**** in**** December**** 2020****.****

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