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San Jose Airport ( Filipino: ''Paliparan ng San Jose'') , formerly known as McGuire Field, is an
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serving the general area of San Jose,
Occidental Mindoro Occidental Mindoro ( tl, Kanlurang Mindoro), officially the Province of Occidental Mindoro, is a province in the Philippines located in the Mimaropa region. The province occupies the western half of the island of Mindoro. Its capital is Mambura ...
in the
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. It is one of three airports in Occidental Mindoro, the others being Mamburao Airport and Lubang Airport. The airport is classified as a Principal class 1 domestic airport by the
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, an agency 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.


History

San Jose Airport was originally an American air facility which operated in the latter years of World War II. The airstrip was formerly named after World War II 5th Air Force ace Major Thomas McGuire.
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s were stationed in the facility. After the war, the air facility was abandoned by American forces, the national government renovated the air facility and was inaugurated years later in 1951 by then President
Elpidio Quirino Elpidio Rivera Quirino (born Elpidio Quirino y Rivera; ; November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956) was a Philippine nationality law, Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the sixth president of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953. A lawyer ...
. The national government later built a concrete road from the town center to the airport as well as converted the wooden bridge over the Pandurucan River into a concrete bridge. The airport underwent a rehabilitation sometime around 2013.


Facilities

The airport resides at an
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of above
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. It has one
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designated 10/28 with a
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surface measuring . It can accommodate aircraft as large as the
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.Airport information for RPUH
from
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(effective October 2006)


Airlines and destinations


Passenger


See also

* List of airports in the Philippines


References


External links


Pacific Wrecks - McGuire Field (San Jose Airport)
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