Virac Airport guide

Virac Airport is the only commercial airport on Catanduanes, an island province off the eastern coast of Luzon. It sits on the western side of Virac, the provincial capital, at an elevation of 37 metres. Its ICAO code is RPUV, and locals also know it as Paliparan ng Virac.

The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) operates the airport. A single concrete runway, 06/24, measures 1,886 metres by 30 metres. Cebu Pacific flies the Manila route, which takes about 75 minutes. The airport handled 53,265 passengers and 662 aircraft movements in 2017, according to CAAP figures obtained through a freedom-of-information request.

The island has no road link to the mainland, so air and sea are the only ways in. CAAP has a rehabilitation project to enlarge the passenger terminal and upgrade its facilities for growing passenger and cargo numbers.