Diosdado Macapagal International Airport or DMIA (IATA airport code: CRK, ICAO airport code: RPLC), also called Clark International Airport, is the main airport serving the immediate vicinity of the Clark Special Economic Zone (CSEZ) and the general area of Angeles City in the Philippines. An IATA airport code, known by the IATA as an IATA location identifier or, simply, a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... The ICAO airport code is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Proper name for Clark Air Base, Republic of the Philippines, during 1919-48 when it was under U.S. Army jurisdiction. ... Angeles City is a 1st class city in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. ...

It is located on an area of the CSEZ formerly used as the airfield of the Clark Air Base, which was closed down in 1991 by the U.S. Air Force after the explosion of Mount Pinatubo, subsequently cleaned up, then reopened as the CSEZ. Clark Air Base is a former U.S. Air Force base on Luzon Island in the Philippines. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Seal of the Air Force. ... Mount Pinatubo is an active volcano located on the island of Luzon in the Philippines, at the intersection of the borders of the provinces of Zambales, Bataan, and Pampanga. ...

The airport is a hub of Asian Spirit and South East Asian Airlines and serves as an alternate to its counterpart in Manila, Ninoy Aquino International Airport, which was deemed by some of the airlines serving this airport to have higher landing fees. Asian Spirit is an airline based in Manila in the Philippines. ... South East Asian Airlines, or Seair, is an airline based in the Philippines and is committed to serve remote destinations throughout the Philippines. ... REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES City of Manila Region: National Capital Region Province: — Dates: Founded—June 24, 1571 Cityhood—June 10, 1574 Population: 2000 census—1,581,082 Density—41,014 per km² Area: 38. ... The Ninoy Aquino International Airport or NAIA (IATA: MNL, ICAO: RPLL) is the international airport that serves Manila, in the Philippines, and its surrounding metropolitan area. ...

The airport is managed by the Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC), a government-owned and/or controlled corporation.

History

For information on the history of the DMIA before the explosion of Mount Pinatubo in 1991 and the departure of U.S. forces from the Philippines, see the article on the Clark Air Base. Mount Pinatubo is an active volcano located on the island of Luzon in the Philippines, at the intersection of the borders of the provinces of Zambales, Bataan, and Pampanga. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Clark Air Base is a former U.S. Air Force base on Luzon Island in the Philippines. ...

After the cleanup of the base, which was covered in lahar after the Mount Pinatubo explosion and the typhoon that followed, the base was reopened in 1995 as the CSEZ. A lahar is a mixture of rock, mud, water and usually debris that flows down from a volcano (or occasionally other mountains), typically along a river valley. ... This article is about weather phenomena. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the early 2000s, the airport was renamed by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the DMIA, in memory of her father, Diosdado Macapagal, the ninth Philippine president, who was a native of the province of Pampanga, where the airport is located. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (born April 5, 1947) is a politician and the current (14th) president of the Philippines. ... Diosdado Macapagal Diosdado Pangan Macapagal (September 28, 1910–April 21, 1997) was the 9th President of the Philippines. ... Pampanga is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. ...

Airlines

The following airlines serve the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport:

• Air Asia (Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur)
• Asian Spirit (Manila)
• Asiana Airlines (Seoul-Incheon)
• Cebu Pacific (Manila)
• CR Airways (Hong Kong)
• Hong Kong Express (Hong Kong)
• South East Asian Airlines (Caticlan, Manila, Subic Bay (seasonal))
• Tiger Airways (Macau, Singapore)

The airport is also the intra-Asian hub of the United Parcel Service or UPS. AirAsia is a low-cost airline based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ... Asian Spirit is an airline based in Manila in the Philippines. ... Asiana Airlines (KOSDAQ: 020560) is one of South Koreas two major airlines. ... Cebu Pacific Air is a low-cost airline based in Pasay City, Manila, the Philippines. ... CR Airways is an airline operating direct services from Hong Kong to several cities in the Phillipines and mainland China. ... The Hong Kong Express Airways Limited (港聯航空) is an airline company based at Hong Kong International Airport. ... South East Asian Airlines, or Seair, is an airline based in the Philippines and is committed to serve remote destinations throughout the Philippines. ... Tiger Airways Private Limited (Chinese: 飞虎航空公司; abbreviated: 虎航) was incorporated in December 2003 and is Singapores first true low-cost carrier. ... United Parcel Service, Inc. ...

External links

• Clark Development Corporation