# General Santos International Airport (GES / RPMR)

**General Santos International Airport** (IATA: GES, ICAO: RPMR) is a large airport in General Santos, South Cotabato Province, Philippines. It opened in 1996. It has one runway, 3,227 m (10,587 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. In 2022 it handled 769 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GES / RPMR
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
- Serves: General Santos, South Cotabato Province, Philippines
- Opened: 1996
- Elevation: 154 m / 505 ft
- Coordinates: 6.0572, 125.0962
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,227 m / 10,587 ft
- Passengers: 768,749 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Manila
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Santos_International_Airport (24 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2479774
- Weather station: RPMR
- Ident: RPMR

## Timeline

- 1996: General Santos International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 3,227 m / 10,587 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 173° / 353° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 477,535 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 492,572 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 611,274 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 688,673 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 714,523 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 592,311 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 838,941 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 920,670 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,049,842 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 243,754 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 177,001 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 768,749 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [CEB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpvm.md) Mactan Cebu International Airport · Philippines · 489 km / 304 mi · PAL Express, Cebu Pacific
- [ILO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpvi.md) Iloilo International Airport · Philippines · 603 km / 375 mi · Cebu Pacific
- [MNL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpll.md) Ninoy Aquino International Airport · Philippines · 1,040 km / 646 mi · Philippine Airlines, PAL Express, Cebu Pacific

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- 5J [Cebu Pacific](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cebu-pacific) · 3
- 2P [PAL Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pal-express) · 2
- PR [Philippine Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/philippine-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 769K (2022) | #927 of 3,974 | #291 in Asia | #14 in PH |
| Longest runway | 3,227 m / 10,587 ft | #783 of 29,858 | #232 in Asia | #3 in PH |
| Elevation | 154 m / 505 ft | =26,947 of 43,403 | =1,482 in Asia | =24 in PH |
| Age | Opened 1996 | =10,634 of 15,079 | =510 in Asia | =18 in PH |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =3 in PH |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 119.100 |
| RDO | RDO | 680.250 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [RPMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpmb.md) Rajah Buayan Air Base · 16 km / 10 mi
- [AAV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpma.md) Allah Valley Airport · 51 km / 32 mi
- [PH-0462](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ph-0462.md) Central Mindanao Airport · 97 km / 60 mi
- [DVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpmd.md) Francisco Bangoy International Airport · 133 km / 83 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: “General Santos International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=General_Santos_International_Airport&oldid=1368269483), revision of 8 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/rpmr/data