Ninoy Aquino International Airport guide

Ninoy Aquino International Airport sits on the boundary of Pasay and Parañaque, on the site the US Air Force handed to the Philippine government in 1948. It was renamed in 1987 for Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., who was assassinated on its tarmac in 1983. The Manila International Airport Authority owns the airport, and New NAIA Infrastructure Corporation, a consortium led by San Miguel Corporation, has operated it since September 2024.

Terminal 1 opened in 1982, Terminal 2 in 1999, and Terminal 3, the largest of the three at 182,500 square metres, in 2008. A fourth terminal that once handled AirAsia flights closed in late 2024 and was demolished the following year, and airlines have since been reassigned repeatedly between the remaining terminals. Two runways carried a record 50.1 million passengers and roughly 293,000 aircraft movements in 2024, well above the airport's rated capacity of 35 million.

NAIA is the primary hub for Philippine Airlines and PAL Express and the main operating base for Cebu Pacific and Philippines AirAsia. It lies close to Manila Bay, linked to central Manila and Makati by the elevated NAIA Expressway and Skyway toll roads.