Loakan Airport

Loakan Airport (IATA: BAG, ICAO: RPUB) serves the general area of Baguio, Philippines.

It is classified as a Class 2 principal (minor domestic) airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP).

[3] On March 15, 1941, the first flight of Philippine Airlines performed by a Beechcraft Model 18 from Manila's Nielson Field landed at the airport.

[6] During the presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the airport was planned to be closed and converted into an extension of the Baguio City Economic Zone in 2008.

[8] In January 2020, the city government of Baguio announced that they were considering a deal from San Miguel Corporation to open and operate the airport in the second quarter of 2020.

Aerial view of landing field at Loakan Valley, circa 1930s
The airport runway in December 2022.