Bancasi Airport
Bancasi Airport
Bancasi Airport (IATA: BXU, ICAO: RPME), also known as Butuan Airport, is an airport serving the general area of Butuan and Agusan del Norte. It is the only airport in Agusan del Norte and the largest in Caraga. The airport is classified as a Principal Domestic Airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), a body of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) that is responsible for the operations of not only this airport but of all the other airports in the Philippines, except the major international airports. The airport is located in the Bancasi Rotunda of Butuan.
Location
8.951°N, 125.479°E · 43 m s. n. m. (141 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 1
Tower
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
History
On May 25, 1964, the Senate of the Philippines planned to construct the airport with a budget of PHP 300,000.
On July 5, 2012, The Department of Transport and Communications (DOTC) announced that the airport was to receive PHP 45.5 million to subsidize the expansion of the apron, the improvement and expansion of the vehicular parking area, the construction of a drainage system, and the construction of concrete hollow block fence, with bidding scheduled to open to contractors, as a part of a PHP 303 million project to improve tourism in the country. In early March 2023, the Department of Transportation completed an expansion project, which includes a new terminal building that increased the airport's capacity from 248 to 616 passengers. As a result of the expansion project, The terminal experienced new architecture, new plumbing, new mechanics, new ceilings, new tileworks, and new paintings. On March 8, 2023, the inauguration started, attended by CAAP Director Manuel Antonio Tamayo, Department of Transportation Undersecretary for Aviation and Airports Roberto Cecilio Lim, CAAP Deputy Director General for Administration Atty. Danjun G. Lucas, and other officials.
Airlines operating here · 3
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Bancasi Airport (BXU). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BXU
MLA
“Bancasi Airport (BXU).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BXU. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
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Harvard
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BibTeX
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author = {{Vuelopedia}},
title = {{Bancasi Airport (BXU)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
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howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BXU}},
urldate = {2026-10-16},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}Wikipedia
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