Lahug Airport Paliparan ng Lahug | |||||||||||
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Summary | |||||||||||
Airport type | Defunct | ||||||||||
Owner | Philippines United States (former) | ||||||||||
Operator | Bureau of Aeronautics (currently known as the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP)) | ||||||||||
Serves | Cebu City | ||||||||||
Opened | June 25, 1938 | ||||||||||
Closed | April 27, 1966 | ||||||||||
Time zone | PHT (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 125 ft / 38 m | ||||||||||
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Lahug Airport (ICAO: RPMC), also known as Cebu–Lahug Airport and historically known as Lahug Airfield, was a military airport used by the United States Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE) and the Philippine Army Air Corps (PAAC). Located before in Cebu City, it was among the two functioning airfields in the Cebu City area, along with the former Opon Airfield.[1]