Basco Airport
Basco Airport Pagtayaban ti Basco Paliparan ng Basco | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines | ||||||||||
| Serves | Batanes | ||||||||||
| Location | Basco, Batan Island | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1930 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 89 m / 291 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 20°27′05″N 121°58′48″E / 20.45139°N 121.98000°E | ||||||||||
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Source: Statistics from eFOI | |||||||||||
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Basco Airport (IATA: BSO, ICAO: RPUO) is an airport serving the province of Batanes in the Philippines. It is located in the provincial capital, Basco. It 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 non-major airports.
The airport is one of the hubs of Sky Pasada, a local carrier that plies short-haul routes between Basco and select airports in Northern Luzon.
Although the airport in the past was briefly served by international flights, the airport is not officially classified as an international airport.