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Loakan Airport is an airport serving the general area of Baguio, in the province of Benguet in the Philippines. It is classified as a Class 2 principal airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines . Loakan Airport, the city's only airport, was built in 1934. Its short runway, frequent low visibility, and dilapidated structures along with deep ravines on both ends of the runway continue to challenge commercial operation at the airport.Airlines and destinationsLoakan Airport was formerly served by Philippine Airlines (PAL) beginning on March 15, 1941 with a single Beechcraft Model 18 NPC-54 on daily services between Manila (from Nielson Field) and Baguio. PAL suspended flights into Baguio in 1998 as part of a company downsizing. The next year, commercial airline service into Baguio resumed with service from Asian Spirit Airlines, which later became Zest Airways. Commercial air service into Loakan Airport was again discontinued in 2012. On January 18, 2017, Miss Universe candidates with Pia Wurtzbach landed in a small prop plane during a visit to Baguio City.