CEB | Mactan-Cebú International Airport

[c0kelitr0]

a facelift shouldn't mean re-PAINT...it should mean CLADDING...

one thing i have noticed sa terminal is that it is poorly lit (and the pics prove so)...gives you the feeling that the building doesn't have windows at all...hope that "facelifting" would include something to improve the lighting inside the terminal...

[ashton]

Don Muang is quite disorganized and huge.

[LordCarnal]

@Slerz

Chairman Yap should not step down... He should stay... It was only during Yap's term that the airport got another lease of life.

Blame Alerre and the previous chairmens for the lack of maintenance on the airport... They don't know anything about aviation -- security, maintenance, terminal aesthetics, etc..etc.. Yasp himself is very much qualified. Aside from being a military man, he also had a stint in Clark airport.

Look at those ugly sheds that were being put up (during Alerre's term) in the airport entrance. It doesn't conform to the design of the building..

[slerz]

That's what I always hear that Yap made the airport better with regards to it's maintenance but sorry coz Leo of DYAB already bombarded Yap

[xDieselJockx]

Originally Posted by c0kelitr0

a facelift shouldn't mean re-PAINT...it should mean CLADDING...

one thing i have noticed sa terminal is that it is poorly lit (and the pics prove so)...gives you the feeling that the building doesn't have windows at all...hope that "facelifting" would include something to improve the lighting inside the terminal...

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed the poor lighting inside the airport. I think even in NAIA 1 it looks real dark at night especially after stepping in from the aerobridge and the plane if you happened to have late night arrival like in the case of NWA. In MCIA the baggage claim area isn't well lit for sure. They do need to expand the terminal building to be able to accomodate more passengers arriving and departing from this airport.

[slerz]

Waterfront Mactan airport hotel

[richard fischer]

instead of building an extra ramp for 747´s for only one occation (what a waste of money !) they should paint the facade, illuminate the terminal properly and replace the old and broken seats in the waiting areas. who needs a VIP terminal. the masses are the people, or should i say the tourists and businessmen who need comforting and attention, not some presidents for only one occation. it would be different if there would be regular intern. summits in cebu. then, and only then does it make sence to invest scarce funds into such prestige projects.

[richard fischer]

as far as i know there is a huge tarmac right next to the utilized one. (check the aerials of the airport in the last pages) all they have to do is fix that one with an overlay of asphalt......no need to build a new one !

[Æsahættr]

Um... I've landed on a Cathay 747 and a PAL 747 in Cebu with no problems whatsoever...

[ashton]

as pr Mr. Yap, MCIA is capable of hosting an A380 thanks to its runways. The only prob is that the terminal building itself is very small, A380's gonna dwarfed it.

[LordCarnal]

Mactan runway is A380-capable
by Ruth G. Mercado July 21, 2005

Mactan may be the only airport in the country with a runway capable of accommodating superjumbo, the Airbus 380 and other new generation aircraft. Mactan beats airports in Manila and Subic on A380-capable runway.

Adelberto Yap, general manager of the Mactan Cebu Airport Authority, said A380 capabilities of the renovated runway allows the superjumbo jet to land and maneuver where distance is not a problem.

The 600-ton Airbus 380 is the world’s biggest and the first aircraft to have two decks. Hailed as a triumph in design and engineering that took 11 years to prepare and an overshot budget of $13 billion, the Airbus 380 can accommodate 555 people and up to 840 with the size of its hull.

With length of 73 meters, wingspan of 79.8 meters and height of 24.1 meters, the A380 offers spacious in-flight shopping and houses a lounge, bar, showers, gymnasium, libraries and an onboard waterfall. The behemoth jet promises to be fuel-efficient and quite when flying with minimal noise emissions

The renovated Mactan runway has a length of 3,300 meters and width of 45 meters with full parallel taxiways of 23 meters in width. The 316-meter centerline distance between runway and taxiway allows the superjumbo to maneuver in its 80-meter wingspan.

Yap said runway length is no problem for the A380 as it can land and take off on short distance. The former air force pilot who was once manager of the Subic airport said the rehabilitated Mactan runway can accommodate two approaching aircraft without touching each other’s wings. It has capabilities for other new generation aircraft like Boeing’s 777.

In comparison, runways at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport were configured for DC 8s and DC 10s, while Subic runways are short. Yap said that what restricts the Airbus 380’s landing and take off is that “Subic has maneuvering and space problems.”

US logistics giant, Federal Express announced last week that it was pulling out its Asia-Pacific hub in the country and moving it to China. Though FedEx did not explicitly explain why it was closing its operations in the country, there were heavy insinuations that it may have been due to runway limitations. Yap said Subic has shorter runway than Mactan and there are no expansion areas for cargo hangars.

The logistics giant is also purchasing Airbus 380s where the Subic runways are not big and long enough to accommodate these.

Yap said the only limitation for the A380-capable Mactan runway is docking the aircraft. He said configurations of the Mactan terminal are incompatible with double decker jets. “We don’t have double decker aero bridges, unless we fashion one.”

Plans to build terminal facilities configured for double deck aircraft are in the pipeline. Certainly for Cebu, having an Airbus 380 on its airport is no pipe dream.

[demented_pigeon]

Originally Posted by arnoldsa

Mactan runway is A380-capable
by Ruth G. Mercado July 21, 2005

Mactan may be the only airport in the country with a runway capable of accommodating superjumbo, the Airbus 380 and other new generation aircraft. Mactan beats airports in Manila and Subic on A380-capable runway.

Adelberto Yap, general manager of the Mactan Cebu Airport Authority, said A380 capabilities of the renovated runway allows the superjumbo jet to land and maneuver where distance is not a problem.

The 600-ton Airbus 380 is the world’s biggest and the first aircraft to have two decks. Hailed as a triumph in design and engineering that took 11 years to prepare and an overshot budget of $13 billion, the Airbus 380 can accommodate 555 people and up to 840 with the size of its hull.

With length of 73 meters, wingspan of 79.8 meters and height of 24.1 meters, the A380 offers spacious in-flight shopping and houses a lounge, bar, showers, gymnasium, libraries and an onboard waterfall. The behemoth jet promises to be fuel-efficient and quite when flying with minimal noise emissions.

The renovated Mactan runway has a length of 3,300 meters and width of 45 meters with full parallel taxiways of 23 meters in width. The 316-meter centerline distance between runway and taxiway allows the superjumbo to maneuver in its 80-meter wingspan.

Yap said runway length is no problem for the A380 as it can land and take off on short distance. The former air force pilot who was once manager of the Subic airport said the rehabilitated Mactan runway can accommodate two approaching aircraft without touching each other’s wings. It has capabilities for other new generation aircraft like Boeing’s 777.

In comparison, runways at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport were configured for DC 8s and DC 10s, while Subic runways are short. Yap said that what restricts the Airbus 380’s landing and take off is that “Subic has maneuvering and space problems.”

US logistics giant, Federal Express announced last week that it was pulling out its Asia-Pacific hub in the country and moving it to China. Though FedEx did not explicitly explain why it was closing its operations in the country, there were heavy insinuations that it may have been due to runway limitations. Yap said Subic has shorter runway than Mactan and there are no expansion areas for cargo hangars.

The logistics giant is also purchasing Airbus 380s where the Subic runways are not big and long enough to accommodate these.

Yap said the only limitation for the A380-capable Mactan runway is docking the aircraft. He said configurations of the Mactan terminal are incompatible with double decker jets. “We don’t have double decker aero bridges, unless we fashion one.”

Plans to build terminal facilities configured for double deck aircraft are in the pipeline. Certainly for Cebu, having an Airbus 380 on its airport is no pipe dream.

phew... thats good to hear

[JChip]

Does any airline or air forwarder plan to use A380s with Mactan Airport? The capability may be there but the demand by airlines is another thing.

[ashton]

i certainly hope so. . . if there's demand for it why not?

[LordCarnal]

Maybe in the future if the demand would come in...

[xDieselJockx]

Originally Posted by JChip

Does any airline or air forwarder plan to use A380s with Mactan Airport? The capability may be there but the demand by airlines is another thing.

That depends on the demand. Right now not even foreign commercial airlines deploy their 747s to Cebu with the exception of PAL but even if it was from PAL it was all domestic flights.

[MarkiiBoi]

From virtual.planepictures.net

[Wind Shear]

w00t?

I hope the Mactan Terminal II will have double decker aerobridges. :-)

[LordCarnal]

Could someone post a picture of an A380 and a B747 side by side so that we can compare the two..?

[MarkiiBoi]

some schematic comparison of the two bai: