MNL
Ninoy Aquino International Airport
Ninoy Aquino International Airport (IATA: MNL, ICAO: RPLL) is a large airport in Manila (Pasay), National Capital Region (Metropolitan Manila), Philippines. It opened in 1948. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,737 m (12,261 ft). It is operated by New NAIA Infrastructure Corporation. In 2024 it handled 50.4 million passengers.
Timeline
7 events · 1948–20241948
OpenedNinoy Aquino International Airport opens.
11 MAY 1990
DisasterPhilippine Airlines Flight 143.8 killed
18 MAY 1990
DisasterAerolift Philippines Flight 75.
11 NOV 2002
DisasterLaoag International Airlines Flight 585.19 killed
10 DEC 2011
Disaster2011 Manila Beechcraft Queen Air crash.3 killed
16 AUG 2018
DisasterXiamen Airlines Flight 8667.No deaths
14 SEP 2024
MilestoneNew NAIA Infrastructure Corporation becomes the operator.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap06/24060° / 240° · LIT
LENGTH3,737 m12,261 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEConcrete
13/31135° / 315° · LIT
LENGTH2,258 m7,408 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete
Passengers per year
2013–202432.9M
34.1M
36.7M
39.5M
42.0M
45.1M
47.9M
11.1M
7.8M
30.9M
45.4M
50.4M
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Routes
96 destinations · 34 countriesYear-round86
CYZCauayan AirportPhilippines · PAL Express, Cebu Pacific280 km174 miMPHGodofredo P. Ramos AirportPhilippines · Philippines AirAsia, PAL Express, Cebu Pacific305 km190 miDRPBicol International AirportPhilippines · PAL Express, Cebu Pacific326 km203 miKLOKalibo International AirportPhilippines · Philippines AirAsia, Cebu Pacific347 km216 miTUGTuguegarao AirportPhilippines · PAL Express, Cebu Pacific357 km222 miVRCVirac AirportPhilippines · Cebu Pacific359 km223 miRXSRoxas AirportPhilippines · PAL Express, Cebu Pacific374 km232 miLAOLaoag International AirportPhilippines · PAL Express, Cebu Pacific411 km255 miILOIloilo International AirportPhilippines · Philippines AirAsia, Philippine Airlines, PAL Express +1439 km273 miBCDBacolod-Silay International AirportPhilippines · Philippines AirAsia, PAL Express, Cebu Pacific468 km291 miTACDaniel Z. Romualdez AirportPhilippines · PAL Express, Cebu Pacific567 km352 miCEBMactan Cebu International AirportPhilippines · Philippines AirAsia, Philippine Airlines, PAL Express +1567 km352 miPPSPuerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air BasePhilippines · Philippine Airlines, PAL Express, Cebu Pacific584 km363 miTAGBohol-Panglao International AirportPhilippines · Philippines AirAsia, PAL Express, Cebu Pacific625 km388 miDGTSibulan AirportPhilippines · PAL Express, Cebu Pacific627 km390 miDPLDipolog AirportPhilippines · PAL Express, Cebu Pacific704 km437 miCGYLaguindingan International AirportPhilippines · Philippines AirAsia, Philippine Airlines, PAL Express +1755 km469 miOZCLabo AirportPhilippines · PAL Express, Cebu Pacific768 km477 miBXUBancasi AirportPhilippines · PAL Express, Cebu Pacific786 km488 miPAGPagadian AirportPhilippines · Cebu Pacific789 km490 miZAMZamboanga International AirportPhilippines · PAL Express, Cebu Pacific851 km529 miCBOCotabato (Awang) AirportPhilippines · PAL Express888 km552 miKHHKaohsiung International AirportTaiwan · Philippines AirAsia, China Airlines, Cebu Pacific900 km559 miDVOFrancisco Bangoy International AirportPhilippines · Philippine Airlines, PAL Express, Cebu Pacific964 km599 miGESGeneral Santos International AirportPhilippines · Philippine Airlines, PAL Express, Cebu Pacific1,040 km646 miBKIKota Kinabalu International AirportMalaysia · Philippines AirAsia1,098 km682 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Greater Bay Airlines, HK Express, Cathay Pacific +21,146 km712 miMFMMacau International AirportMacao SAR China · Philippines AirAsia, Air Macau, Cebu Pacific1,156 km718 miXMNXiamen Gaoqi International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines, Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific1,156 km718 miJJNQuanzhou Jinjiang International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines, Philippine Airlines1,172 km728 miTPETaiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaiwan · Philippines AirAsia, Starlux Airlines, China Airlines +31,175 km730 miSZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · Shenzhen Airlines1,181 km734 miBWNBrunei International AirportBrunei · Royal Brunei Airlines, Cebu Pacific1,255 km780 miCANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · China Southern Airlines, Cebu Pacific1,278 km794 miFOCFuzhou Changle International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines1,278 km794 miDADDa Nang International AirportVietnam · Philippines AirAsia, Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific1,386 km861 miSGNTan Son Nhat International AirportVietnam · Vietnam Airlines, Philippine Airlines, VietJet Air +11,611 km1,001 miRORRoman Tmetuchl International AirportPalau · United Airlines, Philippine Airlines1,675 km1,041 miHANNoi Bai International AirportVietnam · Philippines AirAsia, Vietnam Airlines, Philippine Airlines +11,773 km1,102 miKTITecho International AirportCambodia · PAL Express1,779 km1,105 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · Juneyao Air, China Eastern Airlines, Philippine Airlines +11,851 km1,150 miBKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific2,188 km1,360 miDMKDon Mueang International AirportThailand · Philippines AirAsia, Cebu Pacific2,201 km1,368 miCKGChongqing Jiangbei International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines, Air China2,242 km1,393 miFUKFukuoka AirportJapan · Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific2,324 km1,444 miSINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · Scoot, Singapore Airlines, Philippine Airlines +12,375 km1,476 miPUSGimhae International AirportSouth Korea · Philippine Airlines2,431 km1,511 miTFUChengdu Tianfu International AirportChina · Air China2,442 km1,517 miKULKuala Lumpur International AirportMalaysia · Philippines AirAsia, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia +22,490 km1,547 miGUMAntonio B. Won Pat International AirportGuam · United Airlines, Philippine Airlines2,567 km1,595 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Asiana Airlines, Korean Air, Jeju Air +22,609 km1,621 miKIXKansai International AirportJapan · Jetstar Japan, Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific2,635 km1,637 miSPNSaipan International AirportNorthern Mariana Islands · PAL Express2,656 km1,650 miDPSDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International AirportIndonesia · Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific2,665 km1,656 miNGOChubu Centrair International AirportJapan · Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific2,760 km1,715 miCGKSoekarno-Hatta International AirportIndonesia · Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific2,788 km1,732 miPEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Air China, Philippine Airlines2,876 km1,787 miHNDTokyo Haneda International AirportJapan · All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Philippine Airlines2,996 km1,862 miNRTNarita International AirportJapan · Jetstar Japan, Philippines AirAsia, All Nippon Airways +33,051 km1,896 miCTSNew Chitose AirportJapan · Cebu Pacific3,712 km2,307 miPOMPort Moresby Jacksons International AirportPapua New Guinea · Air Niugini, Philippine Airlines3,929 km2,441 miDELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · Air India4,773 km2,966 miPERPerth International AirportAustralia · Jetstar Airways, Philippine Airlines5,193 km3,227 miBNEBrisbane International AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways, Philippine Airlines5,804 km3,606 miSYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · Qantas Airways, Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific6,263 km3,892 miMELMelbourne AirportAustralia · Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific6,313 km3,923 miMCTMuscat International AirportOman · Oman Air6,622 km4,115 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates, Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific6,905 km4,291 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways6,984 km4,340 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways, Philippine Airlines7,282 km4,525 miBAHBahrain International AirportBahrain · Gulf Air7,369 km4,579 miDMMKing Fahd International AirportSaudi Arabia · Gulf Air, Kuwait Airways7,451 km4,630 miKWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · Kuwait Airways7,602 km4,724 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Riyadh Air, Saudia, Philippine Airlines +17,778 km4,833 miHNLDaniel K. Inouye International AirportUnited States · Philippine Airlines8,520 km5,294 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia8,595 km5,341 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines8,929 km5,548 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines9,137 km5,677 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM10,413 km6,470 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · Air Canada, Philippine Airlines10,554 km6,558 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Philippine Airlines10,705 km6,652 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Philippine Airlines11,229 km6,977 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, Philippine Airlines11,740 km7,295 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · Philippine Airlines13,070 km8,121 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Philippine Airlines13,213 km8,210 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Philippine Airlines13,696 km8,510 miSeasonal3
CTSNew Chitose AirportJapan · Philippine Airlines3,712 km2,307 miTLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Arkia8,802 km5,469 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France10,733 km6,669 miCharter2
DADDa Nang International AirportVietnam · Bamboo Airways1,386 km861 miYIHYichang Sanxia AirportChina · Air Changan2,033 km1,263 miSeasonal charter2
UBNUlaanbaatar Chinggis Khaan International AirportMongolia · Hunnu Air3,911 km2,430 miMEDPrince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz AirportSaudi Arabia · Philippine Airlines8,483 km5,271 miCargo15
CEBMactan Cebu International AirportPhilippines · Air Hong Kong567 km352 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Hong Kong Airlines, Air Hong Kong1,146 km712 miMFMMacau International AirportMacao SAR China · YTO Cargo Airlines1,156 km718 miXMNXiamen Gaoqi International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines1,156 km718 miSZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · SF Airlines1,181 km734 miFOCFuzhou Changle International AirportChina · China Postal Airlines1,278 km794 miNNGNanning Wuxu International AirportChina · YTO Cargo Airlines, Royal Air Philippines1,624 km1,009 miYIWYiwu AirportChina · China Postal Airlines1,653 km1,027 miHGHHangzhou Xiaoshan International AirportChina · YTO Cargo Airlines1,750 km1,087 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · China Cargo Airlines1,851 km1,150 miEHUEzhou Huahu International AirportChina · Central Airlines1,864 km1,158 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Korean Air2,609 km1,621 miHNDTokyo Haneda International AirportJapan · All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines2,996 km1,862 miNRTNarita International AirportJapan · All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines3,051 km1,896 miMAAChennai International AirportIndia · YTO Cargo Airlines4,410 km2,740 miMost destinationsCebu Pacific 50Philippine Airlines 47PAL Express 23Philippines AirAsia 16Xiamen Airlines 4YTO Cargo Airlines 4
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MNL. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Ninoy Aquino International Airport” (revision of 26 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
8 channelsA/DMANILA APP119.700
ACCMANILA CON128.300
ATISMANILA ATIS126.400
CLDCLNC DEL125.100
FSSMANILA RDO544.750
GNDGND121.900
RMPRAMP 1121.700
TWRMANILA TWR118.100