Laoag International Airport
Laoag International Airport Sangalubongan a Pagpatayaban ti Laoag Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Laoag | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines | ||||||||||
| Serves | Laoag | ||||||||||
| Location | Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Philippines | ||||||||||
| Time zone | PHT (UTC+08:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 8 m / 25 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 18°10′41″N 120°31′55″E / 18.17806°N 120.53194°E | ||||||||||
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Source: CAAP | |||||||||||
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Laoag International Airport (IATA: LAO, ICAO: RPLI) is an airport serving the general area of Laoag, the capital city of the province of Ilocos Norte in the Philippines. It is the only airport in Ilocos Norte and is the northernmost international airport in the Philippines.
The land on which the airport sits today is located near the La Paz Sand Dunes at the mouth of the Padsan River. It has one 2,784-meter runway and is designated as a secondary/alternate international airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, a body of the Department of Transportation responsible for the operations of not only this airport but also of all other airports in the Philippines except the major international airports.