For the second year, the passenger arrivals in the Iloilo Airport has breached the 1 million mark  last year (2008). It has been two years since the airport has transferred from Mandurriao to the new facility in Cabatuan-Santa Barbara and it seems the move was timely since the increase in traffic could be accommodated better.

Iloilo Airport traffic

Iloilo Airport January to December 2008 Traffic Report:

  • Passenger Traffic (Incoming+Outgoing)
    • Philippine Airlines -  359,754
    • Cebu Pacific – 489,812
    • Air Philippines – 224,222
    • Others – 119
    • Total – 1,073,109 (7% increase from 2007)
  • Cargo Movement (in Kgs.)
    • Philippine Airlines -  3,017,025
    • Cebu Pacific – 2,284,190
    • Air Philippines – 4,059,058
    • Total – 9,360,273
  • Aircraft Movement -  12,160


Iloilo Airport traffic

Philippine’s busiest airports by passenger traffic 2008

1. Manila (Ninoy Aquino International Airport) – 22,253,158
2. Cebu (Mactan-Cebu International Airport) – 3,642,862
3. Davao (Francisco Bangoy International Airport) – 1,692,877
4. Iloilo (Iloilo International Airport) – 1,073,907
5. Cagayan de Oro (Lumbia Airport) – 902,184
6. Bacolod (Bacolod-Silay City International Airport) – 843,488
7. Caticlan (Godofredo P. Ramos Airport) – 761,961
8. Tacloban (Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport) – 627,201
9. Puerto Princessa (puerto Princesa Airport) – 481,756
10. Zamboanga (Zamboanga International Airport) – 469,540
11. Kalibo (Kalibo Airport) – 400,042

Source: Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines