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Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport

Tacloban City, Philippines

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Elevation

10 ft

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The Essence of Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport

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Location

Tacloban City · LEY · Philippines

Connectivity

5 routes · 2 destinations

Position

11.228°, 125.028° · 10 ft elev.

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Eastern Visayas' primary gateway serving Tacloban City.

Opened

1940

Location

Tacloban City, Philippines

Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport is the main commercial airport serving Tacloban City and the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. It is named after Daniel Z. Romualdez, a former governor of Leyte and uncle of former First Lady Imelda Marcos. The airport handles domestic flights connecting Tacloban to Manila and other Philippine cities. The airport gained international attention in November 2013 when Super Typhoon Hainan (Yolanda), one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded, caused catastrophic damage to the facility and the surrounding region. The airport was temporarily shut down but was restored to operations relatively quickly to support relief efforts. The airport operates primarily as a domestic facility, with Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific among its key carriers. Its relatively short runway and infrastructure have historically limited the size of aircraft that can operate there.

Terminals

The airport has a single passenger terminal handling domestic arrivals and departures.

Getting to & from

Taxis and tricycles are the primary ground transport options connecting the airport to Tacloban City center, located a few kilometers away.

Airlines here

Major carriers serving the airport include Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific, both offering routes to Manila.

Notable facts

›Named after Daniel Z. Romualdez, former governor of Leyte.
›Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) severely damaged the airport in November 2013.
›The airport was a key staging ground for post-Haiyan relief and recovery operations.
›Located on the island of Leyte in Eastern Visayas.
›Primarily serves domestic routes, with Manila being the main destination.

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Airlines serving this airport

Cebu Pacific

South East Asian Airlines

Philippine Airlines

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Routes

TAC → CEB5J · ATR 319

TAC → MNL5J · 320

TAC → MNLDG · 320

TAC → MNLPR · 320

TAC → MNLZ2 · 320

Aircraft operating here

Airbus A3204 routes Aerospatiale/Alenia ATR 42-6001 routes Airbus A3191 routes

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Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport, also known as Tacloban City Airport, is an airport serving the general area of Tacloban, a highly urbanized city in the Leyte island of the Philippines. It is the main gateway from Manila and Cebu to Eastern Visayas. It is classified as a Class 1 principal airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. In 2024, Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport served 1.69 million passengers, making it the eleventh-busiest in the country.

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