# Bancasi Airport (BXU / RPME)

**Bancasi Airport** (IATA: BXU, ICAO: RPME) is a medium airport in Butuan, Butuan City, Philippines. It has one runway, 2,096 m (6,877 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. In 2022 it handled 737 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BXU / RPME
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
- Serves: Butuan, Butuan City, Philippines
- Elevation: 43 m / 141 ft
- Coordinates: 8.9515, 125.4788
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,096 m / 6,877 ft
- Passengers: 736,502 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Manila
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bancasi_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80960
- Weather station: RPME · WMO 98752
- Ident: RPME

## Timeline

- 26 Oct 2007: Philippine Airlines Flight 475. No deaths.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 2,096 m / 6,877 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 117° / 297° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 382,843 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 385,420 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 524,194 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 415,262 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 514,213 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 618,584 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 681,263 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 757,842 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 736,394 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 173,873 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 265,124 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 736,502 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [CEB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpvm.md) Mactan Cebu International Airport · Philippines · 223 km / 139 mi · Cebgo, PAL Express, Cebu Pacific
- [MNL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpll.md) Ninoy Aquino International Airport · Philippines · 786 km / 488 mi · PAL Express, Cebu Pacific

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- 5J [Cebu Pacific](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cebu-pacific) · 2
- 2P [PAL Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pal-express) · 2
- DG [Cebgo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cebgo) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 737K (2022) | #942 of 3,974 | #298 in Asia | #15 in PH |
| Longest runway | 2,096 m / 6,877 ft | #3,651 of 29,858 | #1,051 in Asia | #22 in PH |
| Elevation | 43 m / 141 ft | =35,559 of 43,403 | =2,140 in Asia | #60 in PH |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =3 in PH |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 123.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [TDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpmw.md) Tandag Airport · 77 km / 48 mi
- [SUG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpms.md) Surigao Airport · 89 km / 56 mi
- [CGM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpmh.md) Camiguin Airport · 91 km / 57 mi
- [CGY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpmy.md) Laguindingan International Airport · 119 km / 74 mi
- [BPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpmf.md) Bislig Airport · 125 km / 78 mi

## 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: “Bancasi Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bancasi_Airport&oldid=1368751788), revision of 10 Aug 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/rpme/data