Bugsuk Airport
airport in Palawan, Philippines
Bugsuk Airport is a planned airport in Bugsuk island in the municipality of Balabac, Palawan in the Philippines.
History
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is a titleholder of 7,000 hectares (17,000 acres) of land in Bugsuk island of Balabac town in Palawan since 1974. The Molbog indigenous people have attempted acquiring the land insisting it is within scope of the government's Land Reform Program. The Department of Agriculture in 2023 ruled that the lands are not subject to agrarian reform.
SMC developed a runway in the area to support a failed experimental coconut plantation where fruit varieties from Malaysia and Africa are to be cultivated. The runway is now being developed into a commercial airport under the name "Bugsuk International Airport". As of 2022, there is no terminal building yet but already serves chartered flights to Balabac.
The facility has a 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) runway and is intended to support SMC's proposed beach resort development.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q132717538. Authority coordinates are 8.225, 117.324. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1974, 2023 and 2022.
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