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Mactan-Cebu International Airport Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Mactan-Cebu Tugpahanang Internasyonal sa Mactan-Sugbo
Exterior of Mactan-Cebu International Airport
IATA: CEB – ICAO: RPVM
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority
Serves		Cebu City
Location		Lapu-Lapu City
Elevation AMSL		23 m / 75 ft
Coordinates		10°18′48″N 123°58′58″E / 10.31333, 123.98278
Website		www.mactan-cebuairport.com.ph
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
04L/22R	3,300	10,827	Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Passengers			1,879,091
Aircraft movements			18,138
Metric tonnes of cargo			34,046
Statistics from the Air Transportation Office.[1]

Mactan-Cebu International Airport (Filipino: Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Mactan-Cebu, Cebuano: Tugpahanang Internasyonal sa Mactan-Sugbo) (IATA: CEB, ICAO: RPVM) is a major international airport in the Visayas region of the Philippines. It is located in Lapu-Lapu City, Mactan Island, Metro Cebu and is the country's second primary gateway. The airport is managed by the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority.

The airport has a large apron, a single 3,300 meter runway, and a taxiway. The terminal building incorporates both domestic and international wings with a combined capacity for 4.5 million passengers. The airport covers an area of 10.56 km².

2,789,699 passengers used the airport in 2005. [1]

Contents 1 Future Plans 2 History 3 Airlines 3.1 Domestic Wing 3.2 International Wing 3.3 Former airlines 4 References 5 External links

Plans have been drawn for the expansion of the existing terminal building and the construction of two more boarding bridges or jetways to complement the existing four. A new cargo terminal has also been proposed.

The airport opened in the mid-1960s. It was built to replace Lahug Airport, which could no longer be expanded due to safety and physical problems. The airport was then expanded in its later years to become the current Mactan-Cebu International Airport. The airport is currently the second busiest in the country after Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport and serves as the country's primary alternative gateway.

On December 11, 1994, Philippine Airlines Flight 434 was flying on its second leg of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport - Mactan-Cebu International Airport - New Tokyo International Airport (now Narita International Airport) route when a bomb on board exploded, killing a passenger. The airliner was able to make an emergency landing. Authorities later found out that Ramzi Yousef planted the bomb on the airliner to test the bomb for his Project Bojinka plot. His project was discovered in Manila after an apartment fire on the night of January 5 and the morning of January 6, 1995.

Ramzi Yousef was on board Flight 434 from Manila when he planted the bomb beneath a vacant seat. He used a fake identity thus he was able to pass through security in Manila. Yousef set the time for the bomb to blow off when the airline is already in its Cebu-Tokyo leg. Yousef got off the plane during the stopover in Cebu from Manila.

The following airlines serve the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (as of December 2007):

• Air Philippines (Bacolod, Davao, General Santos, Iloilo, Tacloban)
• Asian Spirit (Cagayan de Oro, Malay, Manila)
• Cebu Pacific (Bacolod, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Iloilo, Kalibo, Malay [begins March 28], Manila, Manila-Clark, Puerto Princesa, Zamboanga)
• Philippine Airlines (Manila)
• South East Asian Airlines (Cotabato, Malay, Mambajao, Siargao)

• Asian Spirit (Koror)
• Asiana Airlines (Seoul-Incheon)
• Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong)
• Cebu Pacific (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi [begins April 6], Busan, Hong Kong, Seoul-Incheon, Singapore, Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan)
• China Airlines
  • Mandarin Airlines (Kaohsiung, Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan)
• China Eastern Airlines (Shanghai-Pudong)
• Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon)
• Malaysia Airlines (Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur)
• Philippine Airlines (Seoul-Incheon, Tokyo-Narita)
• Qatar Airways (Doha)
• Singapore Airlines
  • SilkAir (Singapore)

• Aerolift Philippines
• China Southern Airlines
• DragonAir
• Gulf Air
• Grand Air International
• Mindanao Express
• Singapore Airlines

• Mactan-Cebu International Airport
• Airport information for RPVM at World Aero Data
• Current weather for RPVM at NOAA/NWS
• Airport information for CEB / RPVM at Great Circle Mapper
• Accident history for CEB / RPVM at Aviation Safety Network

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International airports	Angeles City (CRK) • Bacolod • Cagayan de Oro • Cebu (CEB) • Davao (DVO) • General Santos (GES) • Iloilo (ILO) • Laoag (LAO) • Legazpi • Manila (MNL) • Subic (SFS) • Zamboanga (ZAM)
Domestic airports	Bacolod (BCD) • Baguio (BAG) • Cagayan de Oro (CGY) • Cotabato (CBO) • Dumaguete (DGT) • Legazpi (LGP) • Puerto Princesa (PPS) • Roxas City (RXS) • San Jose (Occidental Mindoro) (SJI) • Tacloban (TAC)
Airports in italics have not yet been opened, are under construction, or are in the planning stages.