Lubang Airport - Lubang Island

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.

THE STANDARD: posted November 18, 2015 at 11:15 pm by Darwin G. Amojelar:
"The Transportation Department said Wednesday (28 Nov. 2015) it will bid out P1.08 billion worth of airport and port rehabilitation projects, ahead of the pre-election ban." ... Other airport projects for bidding are ... P16.72-million Lubang Airport Development Project;

The illustration below is derived from: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1782186

Interior of Terminal Building - Lubang Airport

At present (August 2013) a P15 million project is underway to asphalt a 270-by-18-meter runway at 13 meters above MSL. There are no scheduled flights from Manila but the Municipal Council is hoping that a service starts within the next year or so. (Modified July 2015 - service starts within the next year or so, or so)

Note: (21 Feb, 2016)
I understand that the asphalting was split into two contracts - one half completed satisfactorily - the other is said to be 6 meters short. Thus scheduled flights from Manila appear to be on the never ever plan.

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Note: The airport terminal building can be seen in the left background
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. THE STANDARD: posted November 18, 2015 at 11:15 pm by Darwin G. Amojelar: "The Transportation Department said Wednesday (28 Nov. 2015) it will bid out P1.08 billion worth of airport and port rehabilitation projects, ahead of the pre-election ban." ... Other airport projects for bidding are ... P16.72-million Lubang Airport Development Project; The illustration below is derived from: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1782186	At present (August 2013) a P15 million project is underway to asphalt a 270-by-18-meter runway at 13 meters above MSL. There are no scheduled flights from Manila but the Municipal Council is hoping that a service starts within the next year or so. (Modified July 2015 - service starts within the next year or so, or so) Note: (21 Feb, 2016) I understand that the asphalting was split into two contracts - one half completed satisfactorily - the other is said to be 6 meters short. Thus scheduled flights from Manila appear to be on the never ever plan.

Above is a photo, by Bing Higgins, of the Philippine Air Lines turboprop, that got stuck in mud at the Lubang airport, when it was turning around at end of dirt runway - to prepare for takeoff in February 1968. Because of lots of rain, the area off the runway was wet and soft. We were asked to help out and we took our USAF 4X4 6.5-ton truck down and dug around the wheels best we could, got some old heavy boards, attached a big chain and then proceeded to pull the left wheels free of the mud. We of course had to use 4-wheel drive for this "civic operation".	>



Operations building on left with several tables/chairs for aircrew to use with flight maps, etc. Small parts kept here and also in the small building to right with metal roof, and a small amount of aviation fuel was stored here (see the 2 red/white drums behind building). A well is in the left side of picture (round stones) for a water source. The building in the back right is the toilets. This facility was as basic as you could get, all air operations very purely VFR (visual flight rules) and planes landed and took off on their own accord, including the PAL commercial flights. Quote from: Bing Higgins
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.


	Reference: HISTORY OF LUBANG by Rudy Candelario - translated into English by Benjamin Walata. (http://occidentalmindorohistory.googlepages.com/historylubang)


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