# Moises R. Espinosa Airport (MBT / RPVJ)

**Moises R. Espinosa Airport** (IATA: MBT, ICAO: RPVJ) is a medium airport in Masbate, Masbate Province, Philippines. It has one runway, 1,280 m (4,199 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. In 2022 it handled 51 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MBT / RPVJ
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
- Serves: Masbate, Masbate Province, Philippines
- Elevation: 15 m / 49 ft
- Coordinates: 12.3697, 123.6301
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,280 m / 4,199 ft
- Passengers: 51,339 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Manila
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moises_R._Espinosa_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3565132
- Weather station: RPVJ · WMO 98543
- Ident: RPVJ

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 1,280 m / 4,199 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 038° / 218° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 44,068 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 44,805 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 62,598 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 39,521 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 31,448 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 31,042 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 30,078 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 75,572 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 50,594 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 10,639 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 20,402 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 51,339 | 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 · 232 km / 144 mi · Cebgo
- [CRK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rplc.md) Clark International Airport / Clark Air Base · Philippines · 456 km / 283 mi · Cebgo

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- DG [Cebgo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cebgo) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 51K (2022) | #2,076 of 3,974 | #649 in Asia | #32 in PH |
| Longest runway | 1,280 m / 4,199 ft | =9,073 of 29,858 | #1,520 in Asia | #53 in PH |
| Elevation | 15 m / 49 ft | =39,318 of 43,403 | =2,622 in Asia | =117 in PH |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =3 in PH |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| RDO | RDO | 122.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [DRP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rplk.md) Bicol International Airport · 83 km / 51 mi
- [CYP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpvc.md) Calbayog Airport · 105 km / 65 mi
- [CRM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpvf.md) Catarman National Airport · 110 km / 68 mi
- [RXS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpvr.md) Roxas Airport · 128 km / 80 mi
- [WNP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpun.md) Naga Airport · 141 km / 87 mi
- [VRC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpuv.md) Virac Airport · 148 km / 92 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: “Moises R. Espinosa Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moises_R._Espinosa_Airport&oldid=1365150325), revision of 20 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/rpvj/data