Sibulan Airport guide

Sibulan Airport is the main airport for Negros Oriental. It is also called Dumaguete Airport and Dumaguete-Sibulan Airport, and its ICAO code is RPVD. The airport sits in Barangay Agan-an in the municipality of Sibulan, about 3 km north of Dumaguete. It is a Class 1 principal domestic airport run by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines.

The Philippine government built the field in 1938 with help from the U.S. Army Air Corps, and the runway was finished in March 1939. It was extended during the Japanese occupation in 1942, and the present runway dimensions date from after the 1945 liberation. The single asphalt runway, 09/27, is 1,845 m long. A displaced threshold on runway 09 leaves 1,435 m usable. Elevation is 5 m above sea level.

A PhP252 million rehabilitation enlarged the passenger terminal from about 1,100 m2 to 1,842 m2, raising its capacity from 330 to 450 passengers. The upgrade was inaugurated on 11 March 2021. In 2023 the airport handled 650,831 passengers, 5,062 aircraft movements and 2,836,149 kg of cargo. Scheduled flights connect Dumaguete with Manila and Cebu, and charter flights serve Dipolog and Siquijor. Studies by JICA and KOICA found expansion on the current site not feasible, and lawmakers have proposed moving the airport to Bacong.