Panan-awan Airport
airport in Maasin, Philippines
Panan-awan Airport (Filipino: Paliparan ng Panan-awan, Cebuano: Tugpahanan sa Panan-awan, Waray-Waray: Luparan han Panan-awan) (ICAO: RPSM), also known as Maasin Airport, is an airport serving the general area of Maasin, the provincial capital city of Southern Leyte in the Philippines. It is the only existing airport in Southern Leyte. The airport is classified as a feeder airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, a body of the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the operations of not only this airport but also of all other airports in the Philippines except the major international airports. The airport derives its name from its location, being located in Barangay Panan-awan in Maasin.
Expansion and Renovation
In 2009 it was announced that The Department of Transportation and Communications had allocated ₱40 million for the expansion of the runway. A further ₱50 million has been requested for the terminal building
In 2018, the airport is set to receive additional infrastructure development funds of ₱122 million.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Panan-awan Airport” as airport in Maasin, Philippines. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as airport in Maasin, Philippines. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5337503. Authority coordinates are 10.187, 124.783. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2009 and 2018.
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