# Itbayat Jorge Abad Airport (RPLT)

**Itbayat Jorge Abad Airport** (ICAO: RPLT) is a medium airport in Itbayat, Batanes Province, Philippines. It has one runway, 801 m (2,628 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. In 2021 it handled 1 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/rplt

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / RPLT
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
- Serves: Itbayat, Batanes Province, Philippines
- Elevation: 100 m / 328 ft
- Coordinates: 20.7225, 121.8100
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 801 m / 2,628 ft
- Passengers: 1,431 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Manila
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Abad_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2902402
- Weather station: RPUO
- Ident: RPLT

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 801 m / 2,628 ft |  | Concrete |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | 71 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 560 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 1,400 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 3,984 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 1,358 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 882 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 17 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 669 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 438 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 407 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 2 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 1,431 | Wikidata |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [BSO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpuo.md) Basco Airport · Philippines · 35 km / 22 mi · Fliteline Airways
- [TUG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rput.md) Tuguegarao Airport · Philippines · 342 km / 213 mi · Northsky Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from RPLT, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- [List of airlines of the Philippines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/list-of-airlines-of-the-philippines) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1K (2021) | #3,241 of 3,974 | #886 in Asia | #53 in PH |
| Longest runway | 801 m / 2,628 ft | =18,842 of 29,858 | #1,794 in Asia | #82 in PH |
| Elevation | 100 m / 328 ft | =30,617 of 43,403 | =1,712 in Asia | =29 in PH |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =3 in PH |

## Nearby airports

- [BSO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpuo.md) Basco Airport · 35 km / 22 mi
- [KYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcly.md) Lanyu Airport · 148 km / 92 mi

## In collections

- [Shortest runways with airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/shortest-scheduled) #51

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Jorge Abad Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jorge_Abad_Airport&oldid=1373018104), revision of 3 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/rplt/data