Puerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air Base

ICAO RPVP9.7420°N 118.7591°E22 m / 71 ftLarge airport

Puerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air Base (IATA: PPS, ICAO: RPVP) is a large airport in Puerto Princesa, Palawan Province, Philippines. It opened in 1947. It has one runway, 2,600 m (8,530 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. In 2022 it handled 1.1 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1947–1947

1947

OpenedPuerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air Base opens.

From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

09/27093° / 273° · LIT

LENGTH2,600 m8,530 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2011–2022

987K

1.3M

1.4M

1.6M

1.8M

2.1M

2.2M

475K

132K

1.1M

111213141516171819202122

Routes

5 destinations · 1 country

Year-round5

ILOIloilo International AirportPhilippines · Cebu Pacific426 km265 mi CEBMactan Cebu International AirportPhilippines · PAL Express, Cebu Pacific575 km357 mi MNLNinoy Aquino International AirportPhilippines · PAL Express, Cebu Pacific584 km363 mi CRKClark International Airport / Clark Air BasePhilippines · Cebu Pacific636 km395 mi DVOFrancisco Bangoy International AirportPhilippines · Cebu Pacific811 km504 mi

Most destinationsCebu Pacific 5PAL Express 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from PPS. From the Wikipedia article “Puerto Princesa International Airport” (revision of 20 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers1.1M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#779of 3,974 · #235 Asia · #11 PH Longest runway2,600 m8,530 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,041of 29,823 · =629 Asia · #9 PH Elevation22 m71 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=38,081of 43,341 · =2,466 Asia · =92 PH AgeOpened 19472026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,942of 15,079 · =172 Asia · #9 PH Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =3 PH

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels

APPAPP122.000

FSSRDO544.750

TWRTWR118.100