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Virac Airport Palayogan nin Virac Paliparan ng Virac | |||||||||||
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 Exterior of Virac Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines | ||||||||||
| Serves | Catanduanes | ||||||||||
| Location | Virac | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 37 m / 121 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 13°34′35″N 124°12′20″E / 13.57639°N 124.20556°E | ||||||||||
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Source: Statistics from eFOI[1] | |||||||||||
Virac Airport (IATA: VRC, ICAO: RPUV) is an airport serving the island province of Catanduanes in the Philippines. It is located in the capital, Virac. It is the only airport in the province of Catanduanes.
The airport is classified as a Class 1 principal (major domestic) airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, a body of the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the operations of not only this airport but also of all other airports in the Philippines except the major international airports.
On October 27, 2013, Cebu Pacific launched the first ever Airbus flight in Virac.
- ^ Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (July 23, 2018). "Yearly Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Movements of all airports in the Philippines 1997-2017". Republic of the Philippines - Freedom of Information Portal. Retrieved August 13, 2018.