San Vicente Airport Paliparan ng San Vicente | |||||||||||
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 Exterior of San Vicente Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines | ||||||||||
| Serves | San Vicente | ||||||||||
| Opened | June 22, 2017 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 10°31′30″N 119°16′26″E / 10.52500°N 119.27389°E | ||||||||||
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San Vicente Airport (IATA: SWL, ICAO: RPSV) is an airport in San Vicente, Palawan, Philippines. The airport was opened for general aviation flights on 22 June 2017, and opened for commercial flights by the end of 2017.[2] The airport was built to boost tourism in the town and as an alternative to much smaller El Nido Airport.
Travel to this part of northwest Palawan usually takes three hours by land from the provincial capital, Puerto Princesa,[3] located 186 kilometers away.[2] With the airport in operation, travel between Puerto Princesa and San Vicente has been reduced to less than 30 minutes.[4]
- ^ Aeronautical Information and Communications Division (December 2017). "Monthly NOTAM Summary, 12/17" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ a b Fabro, Keith Anthony (24 June 2017). "New San Vicente airport in Palawan to boost local tourism industry". Rappler. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ^ Palatino, Chinee (23 June 2017). "LOOK: San Vicente Airport in Palawan opens". Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ^ Tabuada, Joy (1 August 2017). "Air Juan launches maiden flight to San Vicente". Palawan News. Retrieved 25 September 2017.