Marinduque Airport ,Paliparan ng Marinduque, (IATA: MRQ, ICAO: RPUW) is the only airport located on and serving the island province of Marinduque in the Philippines. The airport is located in Barangay Masiga in the town of Gasan, near the border with the provincial capital, Boac. It is classified as a Class 2 principal (minor domestic) airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, a body of the Department of Transportation and Communications that is responsible for the operations of not only this airport but also of all other airports in the Philippines except the major international airports.
Currently only one airline serves Marinduque: Zest Airways , flying to and from Manila. Zest Airways uses a Xian MA-60 aircraft. Philippine Airlines previously used to serve Marinduque with its fleet of YS-11, and later Fokker 50 aircraft, before ceasing the route during the Asian financial crisis.
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