the Davao
International Airport, formerly known as Francisco Bangoy
International Airport, is Mindanao's international gateway to
countries like Singapore, Hong Kong, and Indonesia; and to the rest of the
Philippines: Cebu, Zamboanga, and Manila. It is the busiest airport in
Mindanao.
History
The old Francisco Bangoy
International Airport began its operations in the 1940s, and were in use
until 2003. The land in which the airport is situated ( Barangay
Sasa, Buhangin district of Davao City ), was donated by Francisco Bangoy,
a patriarch of an influential family residing in the city. At the time it
began its operations, the airport merely consisted of a 1,200-meter
unpaved, grassy runway and Quonset huts serving as terminal buildings. And
throughout much of the 1940s and 1950s, both Philippine Airlines and the
Philippine Air Force provided air service to the city.
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