Laguindingan International Airport guide

Laguindingan International Airport sits in Barangay Moog, in the municipality of Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental, at an elevation of 58 metres. It opened on 15 June 2013 and replaced the old Lumbia Airport and Maria Cristina Airport, both of which had short runways and limited room to grow. Despite the name, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines classifies it as a Class 1 principal airport, and its scheduled flights are domestic.

The airport is the second-busiest in Mindanao after Davao. It draws passengers from Misamis Oriental, Lanao del Norte, Bukidnon and the Marawi area. A single concrete runway, 09/27, is 2,100 metres long and carries an instrument landing system and lighting. Night operations began on 12 March 2015. Cebu Pacific made the airport its seventh hub in October 2017. Traffic peaked at about 2.3 million passengers in 2019, fell to 581,136 in 2020 and recovered to about 2.27 million in 2024.

The passenger terminal covers 7,184 square meters and was designed for 1.6 million passengers a year, a limit the airport now exceeds. A separate cargo terminal covers 350 square meters. Aboitiz InfraCapital took over operations and maintenance on 26 April 2025 under a 30-year concession worth PHP 12.75 billion. The first phase of its program is meant to raise capacity to 3.9 million passengers a year, and a second phase to 6.3 million.