Cagayan North International Airport


Cagayan North International Airport , sometimes referred as Lal-lo International Airport, is an airport serving the general area of the Cagayan Special Economic Zone, located in the northern province of Cagayan, Philippines. It is located between the Barangays of San Mariano and Dagupan in Lal-lo, Cagayan. The airport has been built to support the Cagayan Special Economic Zone in northern Cagayan, in tandem with Port Irene that will handle seaborne traffic. The airport is currently served by the charter airline Royal Air.

History

With an estimated total cost of P1.66 billion, the 150-hectare airport hub is the result of a 50-year joint venture agreement between Cagayan Economic Zone Authority and Cagayan Land Property Development Corporation with the private consortium contributing 58.3% in equity or P966 million while CEZA's share is 41.7% or P691 million. The airport was envisioned to be the international gateway in Northeast Luzon. Initially, it was constructed to serve the domestic flights to other airports in the country and international flights to Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and China. An aviation park and hangar hub was also envisioned for the airport where business and private jets can park.
On June 23, 2016, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines granted the airport new certification allowing it to handle aircraft with a capacity of up to 100 seats, up from only 29-seat capacity aircraft under the previous certification. The new certification has allowed the possibility of regular commercial flights to begin operation at the airport. At the time of the new certification, the airport has fielded around 168 flights ranging from tourism, diplomatic visits and emergency services. Meanwhile, the airport served its first two commercial flights with two planes from Macau landing in the airport in March 2018.

Facilities

The airport's major facilities are the control tower, passengers’ lounge. It also has a runway measuring long by wide, following the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization. This allows the airport to accommodate narrow-body commercial airliners such as Airbus A320 and Boeing 737.

Airlines and destinations

The airport conducts weekly charted flights to the following domestic and international destinations: