Cagayan Int’l Airport Gets 1st Commercial Flight

The Cagayan North International Airport (CNIA) located in Lal-lo town is now about to welcome its first two international commercial flights next month.

Secretary Raul Lambino, CEZA administrator and chief executive officer, said during the Regional Development Council (RDC) meeting held here that Airbus 320 and Boeing 737 from Macau will land on the runway of the airport on 23 March 2018.

He said the Runway End Safety Areas (REAS) on both ends of the 2.1 kilometer-runway and the 3-meter Runway Strip Width along the edge of the 45-meter-wide strip were already completed.

Lambino said the Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI), the visual navigational tool to help pilots acquire and maintain correct approach for a safe landing, was already installed.

“Not only a strong confidence-booster for us, but the airport’s opening to commercial aircraft is a good signal for potential locators from East Asia and North America,” Lambino said, adding that it will also bring into reality the CNIA’s objective to be the “air link to east and the Sountheast Asia.

He added that when the roar of the first A320 and B737 aircrafts will split the skies over the airport, then we can truly say that the future of CEZA has arrived.