Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport (IATA: TAC, ICAO: RPVA), also known as Tacloban Domestic Airport, is an airport in Tacloban City, Leyte. It is the primary gateway to the Eastern Visayas Region in the Philippines.
I went here for the first time at around 10 AM on July 17, 2013 via Tigerair Philippines. This was during my first time in Leyte, the 21st province on my list.
Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport
Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport Terminal Departure Area
Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport was originally constructed as an airstrip for the U.S. air forces during World War II. Back then, it was called as San Jose Airstrip (after the village it is located in).
Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport Terminal Arrival Area
Tigerair Philippines Checkin Counter inside Daniel Romualdez Airport
Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport is classified as a trunkline airport or a Class 1 principal (major commercial domestic) airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), the agency responsible for the operations of all the airports in the Philippines excluding the major international airports. It is named after Daniel Z. Romualdez, a representative from Leyte who served as a speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 1957 to 1962. He was the uncle of Imelda Romualdez Marcos, the wife former president Ferdinand E. Marcos.
Terminal Fee Collector inside Daniel Romualdez Airport
Airlines and destinations
Boarding Area inside Daniel Romualdez Airport
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Cebu Pacific | Cebu, Iloilo, Manila |
| Philippine Airlines operated by PAL Express |
Cebu, Manila |
| Tigerair Philippines | Manila |
| Zest Airways | Manila |
Statistics
Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport Runway
As of 2011, Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport is ranked among the top 10 busiest airports in the Philippines by passenger volume out of the 25 major airports in the country with over 1,000,000 passengers.
Ground transportation
Daniel Romualdez Airport Jeepney
Access to the airport is served by the jeepney services on the Downtown-San Jose-Airport route, from Marasbaras route, and the service from nearby Palo. Fare as of July 20, 2013 is Php 13.
Daniel Romualdez Airport Parking Area