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Marinduque Airport

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Marinduque Airport


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IATA: MRQ, ICAO: RPUW

Class 2 Principal Airport

Background
The only airport located on and serving the island province of Marinduque in the Philippines. The airport is located in Barangay Masiga in the town of Gasan, near the border with the provincial capital, Boac.

Airport Type: Public
Operator: Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
Serves: Gasan, Marinduque
Location: Barangay Masiga, Gasan, Marinduque
Elevation AMSL: 5 m / 16 ft
Coordinates: 13°21′36.10″N 121°49′30.92″E

Runways:
Direction: 16/34
Length: 1,400 m / 4,593 ft
Surface: Asphalt

Location Map

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Terminal's Front View

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Airlines
Early 60's almost all airlines in the country fly to Marinduque which includes Philippine Airlines, Air Manila, and Fairways. When Philippine Airlines stopped servicing Marinduque in 1998, the airport was closed down, but re-opened for a couple of years when Asian Spirit plied the Marinduque route.

Asian Spirit

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ZestAir
Currently ZestAir is serving the Manila-Marinduque route using Xian MA-60 Turbopropeller Airplanes

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But due to the dilapidated parts of the runway, ZestAir have plans of pulling out the service by October this year.

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