CRK | Clark International Airport

[Edmundtanso]

yeah our terminal is a mess....we need a better one bad...

[absent-minded]

it's about time they gave thought on the A380... I think we desperately need NAIA-3 opened before 2006 or a new terminal (which, I doubt, we have the money for) to start construction at DMIA now.

[Edmundtanso]

absent-minded, i agree with you. i beleive this was the debate whether to build the new terminal in manila or clark long time ago. they should build it in clark and spend money for the infrastructures like speed train and better highways! sayang....hopefully the new president would get all this projects going!!!

[ryanr]

Thanks for this article. Very interesting. Although it would be good if they upgrade NAIA's runways and taxiways to accomodate larger aircraft, it really is better to fully develop Clark Field. NAIA is already overcrowded. Good that they will upgrade NAIA as a short-term solution. But they should really look into Clark now. And lastly, this is one more reason to open NAIA 3!! So that bigger planes can dock into the terminal.

Originally Posted by Edmundtanso

NAIA head urges full development of Clark airport
By Ding Cervantes
The Philippine Star 06/16/2004

CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) general manager Edgardo Manda urged yesterday the full development of the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) here, saying that the NAIA is "not technically ready" for new large aircraft to be fielded by Singapore Airlines by 2006.

"NAIA’s main runway 06-24 can absorb the impact of the double-decker Airbus 380, but the aircraft’s wing span is so wide that it would reach up to the taxiway. This means that all other aircraft would have to wait until the Airbus 380 has either parked or taken off, thus resulting in flight delays," Manda told The STAR. He met the manufacturers of the large aircraft last week

As a temporary measure, the NAIA is set to bid the rehabilitation of runway 13-31, but merely to provide enough taxiway room to the Airbus 380.

The project, which will be bid out within the next 60 days, will cost some P300 million.

Still, the Airbus 380’s wing span would prevent it from being connected with the passenger terminal through an aerobridge so it would have to be parked in a "remote" area within the NAIA, Manda said.

"This would cause some inconvenience to passengers since it would take about 30 minutes for them to reach the passenger terminal," he said.

Manda, however, said that some airports abroad, particularly in Los Angeles, are also confronted with similar problems.

He said he is not aware of other airlines planning to launch the Airbus 380 in the coming years.

"We simply do not have enough space for the development of another runway at the NAIA," he said.

He lamented that the mothballed Terminal 3, which could otherwise provide enough space for the Airbus 380, could not be operated due to controversies surrounding it.

"This is one reason why we want to fully develop the DMIA as soon as possible," he said.

He noted that the NAIA, in a memorandum of agreement with the Clark Development Corp. (CDC), has assumed planning, management and operation of the DMIA.

He said the DMIA, which covers some 2,500 hectares, has two runways, each 3.2 kilometers long. However, its passenger terminal, left behind by the US Air Force when it abandoned this former military base in 1991, can accommodate only about 1.5 million passengers a year.

The government is also developing a modern railway system between Clark and Metro Manila to complement plans to transform the DMIA into a premier international airport, as mandated by an executive order issued by former President Fidel Ramos in 1994.

A Chinese consortium is doing the project, which also involves relocating tens of thousands of families living along the old railway tracks of the Philippine National Railways which will be used for the project.

Manda said the NAIA has also become overcrowded, with five to eight percent growth in passengers annually.

"We used to have 4.5 to five million passengers annually, but now we process about seven million," he said.

He also noted an increase of about seven percent in aircraft movement at the NAIA.

[ryanr]

Originally Posted by Edmundtanso

absent-minded, i agree with you. i beleive this was the debate whether to build the new terminal in manila or clark long time ago. they should build it in clark and spend money for the infrastructures like speed train and better highways! sayang....hopefully the new president would get all this projects going!!!

Go to the "Clark and Subic: Tomorrow's Bright Future" thread, and you will be delighted to see what i posted there

[absent-minded]

Originally Posted by GreyX

Go to the "Clark and Subic: Tomorrow's Bright Future" thread, and you will be delighted to see what i posted there

that guy really should become the president...! he qualifies for our version of Malaysia's Mohammed and Thai's Thaksin....

[yomiuri_giants]

Clark airport taps Japanese firm for $300-M upgrade
Posted: 0:06 AM | Jun. 30, 2004

Inquirer News Service


CLARK International Airport Corp., operator of the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport in Pampanga province, north of Manila, announced it had tapped Japanese firm Pacific Consultants Inc. to help it draft a master plan for a 300-million-dollar upgrading and expansion of the alternative international airport to Manila.

The acceleration of the development plan for Clark airport, according to its president Adelberto Yap, followed the inclusion of Clark, a former US air base, and the Subic Bay Freeport, a former US naval base west of Manila, in the 10-point economic agenda of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for her new six-year term.

Yap said the master plan would include upgrading the passenger terminal in anticipation of increased passenger volumes.

It will also ensure that development of airport will be integrated with other ongoing infrastructure projects like the North Luzon Railway, the Clark-Subic highway, the Clark-Tarlac expressway, among others, he added.

South Korea's Asiana Airlines flies to Clark five times daily to bring mostly tourists.

Yap said he could foresee that overseas Filipino workers from northern and central Luzon would take airlines that use the Clark airport instead of Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

He said Clark International Airport Corp. would need 70 million dollars for the first phase of upgrading the terminal and another 90 million dollars for the second phase.

Putting up a logistics and maintenance complex would cost at least 150 million dollars, Yap added. He said he preferred that such a facility be built by private companies like aircraft makers Boeing or Airbus or both.

The Clark airport sits on a 2,750-hectare complex with two parallel, 3.2-kilometer runways that can accommodate large aircraft. It also has a passenger terminal building that can serve 500 passengers an hour or 1.5 million passengers a year. With INQ7.net



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[David-80]

South Korea's Asiana Airlines flies to Clark five times daily to bring mostly tourists.

The reporter doesnt have knowledge on aviation at all, Asiana only fly 2 times a week.....

It also has a passenger terminal building that can serve 500 passengers an hour or 1.5 million passengers a year.

again, the reporter failed to identity the news he/she wrote, whats the point building a terminal for only 1,5 million PAX? I am sure clark can acomodate more than 10 million PAX, even cebu mactan can accomodate 2-10 million pax.

cheers

[absent-minded]

Originally Posted by David-80

The reporter doesnt have knowledge on aviation at all, Asiana only fly 2 times a week.....

again, the reporter failed to identity the news he/she wrote, whats the point building a terminal for only 1,5 million PAX? I am sure clark can acomodate more than 10 million PAX, even cebu mactan can accomodate 2-10 million pax.

cheers

err, I think Asiana increased it's flights (from 2 to 5) a few weeks ago because it's supposedly summer time in Korea right now. I'm not sure if the increase did push through though...

and yeah, DMIA is a very, very small airport that can only accomodate about that many people per year. it only has, what? three or fours gates? maybe even less. that's why right now, very few airlines fly there. the gov't is trying to transfer all major airline operations there sometime within the near future. that's why they periodically upgrade the airport to accomodate more planes and people. the major supporting infrastructure needed are still under construction....

anyway, good news for DMIA! $300M plus the $250M+ used a few months ago is equal to or more than the entire NAIA-3!! haha...! is this also being corrupted, or are they really trying to make it better than any other airport we've got? hehe...

[David-80]

DMIA can just eat NAIA terminal 1, 2, 3 when it finished, they even have more space after the terminal finished !


cheers

[absent-minded]

Originally Posted by David-80

DMIA can just eat NAIA terminal 1, 2, 3 when it finished, they even have more space after the terminal finished !


cheers

yup... so much more room to expand...! NAIA is just way, way, way too crowded....

[Edmundtanso]

yeah.....hope they build more infrastructure and do it fast to connect manila to clark! can't wait for the northrail to connect to clark.

[federal]

In association with Ogden Aviation Services, Marshall Macklin Monaghan undertook a master plan for the redevelopment of the former Clark Air Force base into the new Clark International Airport.

The plan provides for a 23-gate terminal that can easily be expanded to 81 gates in the future. Development also includes an extensive access road system, parking garages and a renovated cargo area able to handle seven aircraft initially. Also included were upgrades to the existing infrastructure to meet ICAO operational requirements, including a runway extension to 3,600 metres to handle B747-400 aircraft, taxiway improvements, navigational and visual aids, and a control tower.

Alternative plans were provided for the development of a third parallel runway to handle the increase in traffic were the facility to become the new Manila International Airport. The final Phase 1 and ultimate site plans were accompanied by a detailed report outlining the various features of the plan to provide an economical, fully functional airport in the shortest time possible.

---->wow.. 81 gates in the future... hay....

[ryanr]

sorry to burst your excitement, but that proposal is old and could be one of the rejected ones. hehehe, in fact there are lots of proposals for the DMIA airport...all they have to do is actually start building on one of them.

[federal]

hay nako GreyX... our country has so many projects... maybe only 1% gets on the way. right? damn

[ryanr]

but for sure, there will be a new DMIA airport terminal, the design is just pending. I'd like them to have a really modern design with a sprinkle of pinoy in it. The one above is kinda plain and dull..it is more modern than NAIA 1, of course!

[Kiel]

woo, that looks incredible wish that it goes well though...

[Edmundtanso]

looks good, but hopefully when they decide to build the airport, it would look more modern and sleek than that.....guess that was designed 10 years ago or so right?

[Edmundtanso]

where did you get that photo and info federal?

[federal]

I forgot the site Edmundtanso... will look it up later..