Rosales Airport | |
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.svg)  Rosales Airport Location within the
Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 15°53′06″N 120°36′17″E / 15.88500°N 120.60472°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Time zone | UTC+8 ( PST) |
Rosales Airport is an airfield located in Rosales, Pangasinan, in the Philippines. It is listed by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines for operation of rotary aircraft only. [1] The airfield was constructed in October 1941, on the eve of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, initially as a dirt landing strip. [2] Before and after the occupation of Clark Air Base by the Japanese, Rosales acted as a secondary airfield for U.S. Air Force aircraft stationed there. Its gravel runway has a length of 1,043 metres (3,422 ft). [3]
References
- ^ "Summary of Aerodrome Data (Area Center I)" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ Edmonds, Walter Dumaux (1951). They Fought With What They Had: The Story of the Army Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific, 1941–1942. Boston: Little, Brown and co. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-42891-541-1.
- ^ "2.2.1.6 Philippines - Luzon Rosales Airport". Logistics Capacity Assessments. WFP. Logistics Cluster. 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
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Rosales Airport | |
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Rosales Airport Location within the
Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 15°53′06″N 120°36′17″E / 15.88500°N 120.60472°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Time zone | UTC+8 ( PST) |
Rosales Airport is an airfield located in Rosales, Pangasinan, in the Philippines. It is listed by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines for operation of rotary aircraft only. [1] The airfield was constructed in October 1941, on the eve of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, initially as a dirt landing strip. [2] Before and after the occupation of Clark Air Base by the Japanese, Rosales acted as a secondary airfield for U.S. Air Force aircraft stationed there. Its gravel runway has a length of 1,043 metres (3,422 ft). [3]
References
- ^ "Summary of Aerodrome Data (Area Center I)" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ Edmonds, Walter Dumaux (1951). They Fought With What They Had: The Story of the Army Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific, 1941–1942. Boston: Little, Brown and co. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-42891-541-1.
- ^ "2.2.1.6 Philippines - Luzon Rosales Airport". Logistics Capacity Assessments. WFP. Logistics Cluster. 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
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