Basco Airport

Basco Airport (IATA: BSO, ICAO: RPUO) is an airport serving the province of Batanes in the Philippines. It is located in the provincial capital, Basco. It is one of two airports in the Batanes Islands, the other being Itbayat Airport.

Basco Airport

Pagtayaban ti Basco
Paliparan ng Basco
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorCivil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
ServesBasco
Opened1930 (1930)
Elevation AMSL89 m / 291 ft
Coordinates20°27′05″N 121°58′48″E
Maps
BSO/RPUO
BSO/RPUO
BSO/RPUO
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 1,244 4,081 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passengers104,089
25.63%
Aircraft movements2,702
6.46%
Cargo (in kg)1,299,048
15.78%
Source: Statistics from eFOI

The airport is classified as a Class 2 principal, minor domestic airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), a body of the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the operations of non-major airports.

The airport is one of the hubs of Sky Pasada.

Although the airport in the past was briefly served by international flights, the airport is not officially classified as an international airport.

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