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Subic Bay International Airport serves as a secondary and diversion airport for Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila and Clark International Airport in Pampanga. It also serves the immediate area of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, the provinces of Bataan and Zambales, and the general area of Olongapo in the Philippines.
The airport was as the Naval Air Station Cubi Point, part of the Subic Naval Base of the United States Navy, before the base closed.
Between 1992 and 1995 SBIA welcomed a total of around 100,000 commercial passengers. The airport was expected to handle 110,000 passengers in 1996. In 1997, SBIA topped the 100,000 annual passenger count. For the year 1998, the airport handled a total of around 1,000 international and 6,000 domestic flights, and almost 100,000 inbound and outbound passengers. By 2007 the number of recorded passengers had dropped to 17,648, but due to the presence of the FedEx AsiaOne Hub the airport still handled 115,108 flights.
The FedEx hub lasted until February 2009, when all operations were moved to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou, China. Due to this departure, as well as the planned expansion of nearby Clark International Airport, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority Administrator and CEO Armand C. Arreza expressed interest in closing Subic Bay International Airport in favor of converting the area to a logistics hub in January 2010.
In December 2010, Guam-based Aviation Concepts Inc. set up fixed-based operations at the airport, refurbishing a 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m2) hangar to international standards, with the aim of eventually establishing a full-service aviation center.
In 2016, the airport began to once again be used for daily commercial passenger flights, with Air Juan flying their nine-seater amphibious aircraft to and from their private seaplane base in Manila South Harbor, located north of the CCP Complex.
In 2018, Razon Group acquired Aviation Concepts Technical Services, Inc. (ACTSI) and signed a 25-year lease agreement (as well as a 25-year option) with the local government that will see the airport transformed into a regional business aviation hub, with a fifty plus years potential. The company is refurbishing its 1.8-acre (7,300 m2) facility and targeting to its premiere upgrade in the third quarter of 2019.
In July 2021, the airport was used again for repatriation flight of Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) which facilitated by Philippine Airlines. The activity led the revival of Commercial Flight schedule despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Subic Bay International Airport (RPLB)
Explore Subic Bay International Airport (RPLB), a secondary airport in the Philippines serving nearby provinces and the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. Originally a part of the US Navy base, the airport has seen fluctuations in passenger numbers over the years. Recent developments include plans to transform the airport into a regional business aviation hub, with ongoing refurbishments and the resumption of commercial flights in 2016 and 2021.
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- SU11 Compatibility Update - Airport Lighting Corrections - Hope to solve low fps issue (if it doesn't solve the issue, please update you Graphic Card Driver, change the settings and always update your Windows)
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over 3 years ago
Hello! Finally had a chance to :fly in" to your latest version and again, AWESOME work! Still amazes me how your scenery brings back memories of being there 40 years ago!
I flew in by PMDG 737-700 from YPDN and ATC directed me to Gate 5. When I got to the gate, the jetway was inop. I moved over to Gate 2 and it worked fine. I tried repositioning the AC at Gate 5, but never could get the jetway to operate. Any chance you could take a look at it sometime?
Again THANK YOU!!
over 3 years ago
Thank you!
over 3 years ago
I'm experiencing stuttering and very high cpu utilization during touchdown. Any idea how to fix this, or is it normal? I also tried with the default airport and didn't encounter the same problem.
over 3 years ago
I'll try to investigate this matter, thank you for reporting this
about 4 years ago
Was happy to find this, can I suggest you put "Philippines" in the title so people would find it easier.
But I do have an issue and I hope it doesn't just affect me - the runways get swapped around on the world map as soon as I install this mod.
Though in the game the numbers on the runway are correct.
So if I select an approach for runway 07 such as the VOR approach, the autopilot actually takes you to runway 25.
Thanks.
about 4 years ago
I will try to investigate this matter sir. thank you for the info
about 4 years ago
Hi sir, I just checked the addon, it really seems to be spawning in the other end of the runway, I'll try to update this one if I have the time. Still currently busy with important matters 😅
over 4 years ago
Great work! Spent a lot of time on this flight line in the 80's. Believe it or not, after downloading, landing there and looking around, it brought back memories!
Salamat po!
over 4 years ago
Glad you enjoyed my work sir!
about 1 year ago
thank you for serving!
over 4 years ago
I don't know how or why but this airport causes a problem with the mouse. I deleted all the airports except this one to find this problem during the tests. I couldn't remove arrival or destination. The menu just stop being active
over 4 years ago
thanks for this, i'll try to investigate
over 4 years ago
I tried even with the old version, I can still remove the arrival and departure airports. But in any case I updated the mod and hope this could solve your problem.
over 4 years ago
Is a airport im really missing that's CRK
over 4 years ago
Have waithing for this, good work Turtle
over 4 years ago
Thank you sir! Enjoy the scenery! :D
over 4 years ago
Great job! A few months ago, I had started to develop Subic Bay (ICAO: RPLB), gave up when Windows 11 FUBARED my PC. I had to literally reinstall everything as Windows 11 didn't like restoring my Windows 10 backup. Thankfully I had most of my important data and work on cloud servers or Github. But it still took days to reinstall all my apps from scratch. BTW - The scuttlebutt around here is saying FedEx is going to relocate their hub operations from HK to Clark.