At present the only structure resembling a control tower, is that pictured above on the left, and it appears to be part of the Aviation College building.
Note: The airport terminal building can be seen in the left background |
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LUBANG AIRPORT - LUBANG ISLAND
During the Japanese occupation in the Second World War the Japanese conscripted local Philippinos to assist them in building an airstrip in Barangay Tangal, in the Municipality of Lubang Japanese aircraft on Lubang airstrip were bombed by American warplanes on October 24, 1944. A Japanese battleship in the vicinity of Barrio Vigo was also bombed. After the Japanese Air power had been destroyed the American lead Allied Forces landed in Tilik on February 28, 1945. Bing Higgins, who was posted to Gozar Air Station in 1968 by the USAF, wrote in (12 Nov. 09), to say that when he arrived, the Lubang Municipal Airport consisted of a dirt strip which facilitated a former PAL (Philippines Air Lines) turbo-prop plane to land several times a week, plus a strip for a USAF C-47 to arrive with mail, food and movies for the USAF personnel. On one time, he recalls, a PAL plane got stuck in the mud after many days of rain and a USAF military 6-by truck had to pull it out. The present asphalt runway is stated to be 4135 feet long, 100 feet wide and 43 feet above MSL. At present there are no scheduled flights from Manila but the Municipal Council is hoping that a service starts within the next year or so. |
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Reference: HISTORY OF LUBANG by Rudy Candelario - translated into English by Benjamin Walata. (http://occidentalmindorohistory.googlepages.com/historylubang) |
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