Basco Airport

Basco Airport
Basco Airport; Paliparan ng Basco ; Pagtayaban ti Basco
	IATA: BSO; ICAO: RPUO;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
Serves	Basco, Batanes
Location	Barangay Ihuvok II (Kayvalugananan), Basco
Elevation AMSL	89 m / 291 ft
Coordinates	20°27′05″N 121°58′48″E
Map
	BSO/RPUO Location in the Philippines
Runways
Statistics (2017)
Passengers	104,089 ; 25.63%
Aircraft movements	2,702 ; 6.46%
Cargo (in kg)	1,299,048 ; 15.78%
	Source: Statistics from eFOI[1]

Basco Airport (Filipino: Paliparan ng Basco, Ilocano: Pagtayaban ti Basco) (IATA: BSO, ICAO: RPUO) is an airport serving the province of Batanes in the Philippines. It is located in the provincial capital, Basco, and is one of two airports in the Batanes Islands, the other being Itbayat Airport. The airport is classified as a Class 2 principal (minor domestic) airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), a body of the Department of Transportation 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.

The airport is one of the hubs of Sky Pasada.

Although the airport in the past was briefly served by international flights, the airport is not officially classified as an international airport.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
AirSWIFT	Manila
Cebu Pacific operated by Cebgo	Manila
Northsky Air	Itbayat, Tuguegarao
Philippine Airlines operated by PAL Express	Clark, Manila[2]
Platinum Skies	Vigan
Royal Air Philippines	Charter: Clark
SkyJet	Manila
Sky Pasada	Tuguegarao

Statistics

Data from Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines[1]

Passenger movements

Year	Domestic	Change
2003	26,065
2004	26,933	3.33%
2005	25,376	5.78%
2006	22,748	10.36%
2007	19,550	14.06%
2008	24,288	24.24%
2009	19,308	20.50%
2010	26,089	35.12%
2011	28,428	8.97%
2012	25,588	9.99%
2013	32,467	26.88%
2014	60,683	86.91%
2015	73,541	21.19%
2016	82,853	12.66%
2017	104,089	25.63%

Aircraft movements

Year	Domestic	Change
2003	3,322
2004	2,734	17.70%
2005	3,240	18.51%
2006	2,726	15.86%
2007	1,204	55.83%
2008	766	36.38%
2009	1,246	62.66%
2010	709	43.10%
2011	1,926	171.65%
2012	1,934	0.42%
2013	2,512	29.89%
2014	1,890	24.76%
2015	2,160	14.29%
2016	2,538	17.50%
2017	2,702	6.46%

Cargo movements

Year	Domestic	Change
2003	247,978
2004	280,210	13.00%
2005	346,017	23.48%
2006	378,055	9.26%
2007	344,832	8.79%
2008	301,968	12.43%
2009	10,980	96.36%
2010	386,512	3,420.15%
2011	388,150	0.42%
2012	361,389	6.89%
2013	510,172	41.17%
2014	701,712	37.54%
2015	866,985	23.55%
2016	1,122,039	29.42%
2017	1,299,048	15.78%

References

Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (23 July 2018). "Yearly Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Movements of all airports in the Philippines 1997–2017". Republic of the Philippines – Freedom of Information Portal. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
Liu, Jim. "Philippine Airlines Clark / Manila domestic network changes from March 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

External links

World Aero Data - Basco Airport (BSO) Details

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[caapfoi2017-1] Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (23 July 2018). "Yearly Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Movements of all airports in the Philippines 1997–2017". Republic of the Philippines – Freedom of Information Portal. Retrieved 28 September 2018.

[2] Liu, Jim. "Philippine Airlines Clark / Manila domestic network changes from March 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 2 March 2020.