Laguindingan Airport 6.1

Laguindingan Airport is the main airport that serves the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan, as well as the provinces of Misamis Oriental and Lanao del Norte in Northern Mindanao, Philippines. It is classified as a Principal Domestic Airport Class 1 by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, a body of the Department of Transportation responsible for implementing policies on civil aviation to assure safe, economic and efficient air travel, and the handling of operations at airports .The airport sits on a 4.17sqkm site in Barangay Moog, Laguindingan, and is 46km from Cagayan de Oro and 57km from Iligan. It opened on June 15, 2013 and replaced Lumbia Airport in Barangay Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro. Lumbia Airport now serves as a military air base for the Philippine Air Force.OverviewThe airport project is located in the municipality of Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental, Northern Mindanao. The airport project envisages the development of new major trunkline airport compliant to international standards of safety and operation to meet the air transportation demand of the region. The airport project also aims to boost economic activities, specifically of the Cagayan-Iligan Corridor, and expects to serve as the gateway to Northern Mindanao.