# Basco Airport (BSO / RPUO)

**Basco Airport** (IATA: BSO, ICAO: RPUO) is a medium airport in Basco, Batanes Province, Philippines. It opened in 1930. It has one runway, 1,250 m (4,101 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. In 2022 it handled 30 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BSO / RPUO
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
- Serves: Basco, Batanes Province, Philippines
- Opened: 1930 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 89 m / 291 ft
- Coordinates: 20.4513, 121.9800
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,250 m / 4,101 ft
- Passengers: 29,919 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Manila
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basco_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2788740
- Weather station: RPUO
- Ident: RPUO

## Timeline

- 1930: Basco Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 1,250 m / 4,101 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 055° / 235° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 26,089 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 28,428 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 25,588 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 32,467 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 60,683 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 73,383 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 82,853 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 151,093 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 148,112 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 35,215 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 8,364 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 29,919 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [RPLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rplt.md) Itbayat Jorge Abad Airport · Philippines · 35 km / 22 mi · List of airlines of the Philippines
- [LAO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpli.md) Laoag International Airport · Philippines · 295 km / 183 mi · Sky Pasada
- [TUG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rput.md) Tuguegarao Airport · Philippines · 313 km / 194 mi · List of airlines of the Philippines, Sky Pasada
- [CRK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rplc.md) Clark International Airport / Clark Air Base · Philippines · 604 km / 375 mi · PAL Express

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- [List of airlines of the Philippines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/list-of-airlines-of-the-philippines) · 2
- SP [Sky Pasada](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-pasada) · 2
- 2P [PAL Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pal-express) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 30K (2022) | #2,288 of 3,974 | #708 in Asia | #35 in PH |
| Longest runway | 1,250 m / 4,101 ft | =9,255 of 29,858 | =1,532 in Asia | #57 in PH |
| Elevation | 89 m / 291 ft | =31,580 of 43,403 | #1,780 in Asia | #33 in PH |
| Age | Opened 1930 | =406 of 15,079 | =31 in Asia | #1 in PH |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =3 in PH |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FSS | RDO | 122.000 |
| TWR | TWR | 123.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [RPLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rplt.md) Itbayat Jorge Abad Airport · 35 km / 22 mi
- [PH-0247](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ph-0247.md) Calayan Airport · 142 km / 88 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: “Basco Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Basco_Airport&oldid=1363016724), revision of 7 Jul 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/rpuo/data