IATA: MAY | ICAO: LILA
OPERATOR: Government of Luzvimindia (Department of Transportation) - Maynila International Airport Authority (MIAA)
SERVES: City of Maynila, Tagalog del Norte, Tagalog del Sur, Republic of Luzvimindia
LOCATION: Municipality of Pandi, District of Bulacan, Tagalog del Norte (41 km N of Maynila City)
ELEVATION (above Mean Sea Level): 154 ft/ 47 m
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Contents
1 History
2 Airport Premises
2.1 Passenger Terminals
2.2 Cargo Terminal
2.3 Runways
2.4 Hangars
2.5 Airport Establishments
2.6 Other Establishments
3 Airport Rental Fees
3.1 Rental Fees
3.2 Application Forms
4 Current Airport Information
4.1 Current Airport Weather
4.2 Statistics
5 Airport Partners
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HISTORY OF THE AIRPORT
Realonda Field
The previous airport that served the Maynila area, Realonda Field, finished construction in April of 1913, a full 3 years after the first heavier-than-air controlled flight in Luzvimindia. It was located in Makati City, east of Maynila, and whose terminals are now the headquarters of the National Commission on Transportation Safety and the National Bureau of Fire Protection and the satellite wing of the Museo Pambata (Children's Museum). The three runways which were part of the main airfield now forms two main thoroughfares in the city namely, C-3 (Circumferential Road 3) and the A-2 (Romeo dela Estrada Avenue).
Realonda Field in the 1920s
Manuelito A. Redardo International Airport
Due to the congestion brought about the huge boom in aviation traffic in the 1950s, another airfield would serve the Maynila area, especially the southern portions of the city, Manuelito A. Redardo International Airport finished construction in August of 1958. It was located in the Cavite district of the province of Tagalog del Sur and had two terminals, one domestic and another international, and two runways. The two terminals and two runways are now being renovated into an international motor speedway.
Manuelito A. Redardo International Airport in the early 1960s
Domestic Terminal to the right, International Terminal to the left
Realonda Field would serve the area from 1913-1973, a good 60 years, while Manuelito A. Redardo International would serve from 1958-2008 before major congestion problems start to plague the two airfields.
Beginnings
In May of 1999, newly-elected President Renato Lorenzo Sanchez, envisioned a new, bigger airfield in the northern suburbs of the city of Maynila. With the help of the chairman of the Luzvimindia Civil Aviation Authority, Julian Manongsong, a 3,000-hectare spot in Bulacan located mostly in the Municipality of Pandi with some areas jutting out towards the neighboring municipalities was chosen. Projected costs for the construction of the new airport was placed around $3.2 billion (~P3.6 billion) with $500 million coming from the government, $1.7 billion from loans and the rest of the $1 billion from the private sector.
On the 1st of August 1999, President Sanchez officially begins the construction of the New Maynila International Airport. The first runway, 04R/22L and its associate taxiways were the first to be constructed (finished by September 2001) followed by the second runway on the other end of the airport, 04L/22R, completed in January 2002. The first terminal building meant for domestic flights with a total capacity of 25 million passengers/year and the control tower were both completed in July of 2006 enabling the airport to partially open to domestic flights. A cargo terminal with a total capacity of 1 million metric tonnes/year would follow in February of 2007. Finally, the second terminal building meant for international flights with a total capacity of 20 million passengers/year finished construction in June 19, 2008 and by August 1 of the same year, all flights from Manuelito A. Redardo International moved to the newly-built airport, completing the second-phase of the airport.
The new airport under construction (2004)
Recent
Currently, the airport is handling about 28 million passengers/year (as of 2011), 152,400 metric tonnes/year and has about 104,000 aircraft movements or 12 flights/hour (as of 2011). With congestion problems plaguing the old domestic terminal, Phase 3 in the expansion of the airport includes a new terminal building for domestic destinations with a total capacity of 40 million passengers/year and a new runway, 04C/22C, have started construction last August 2012 and is expected to be completed by late-2013. Phase 4 will include another terminal building for international carriers with a total capacity of 40 million passengers/year also and the construction of new, taller control tower in the middle of the airport. Phase 4 is scheduled to begin by early-2013 and to be completed by 2015.
In a recent research conducted by the Luzvimindia Civil Aviation Authority, it was found that an extension to the International Terminal or Terminal 2 will be needed by early next year to cope with the growing international traffic into Maynila. Until the completion of phase 4, which included a new terminal for international destinations, in 2015, an expansion of Terminal 2 from its current 20 million passengers to 30 million passengers will be needed. Due to this research, an extension to both the north and south wings will begin in December of 2012 and be completed by April of 2013.
As of April, 2013, the expansion to Terminal 2 was completed. On the other hand, phase 3 is expected to finish by October of the same year and phase 4 has began construction and is expected to be completed by late-2014 or early-2015.
