Rosales Airport Explained

Rosales Airport
Pushpin Map:Philippines
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within the
Coordinates:15.885°N 120.6047°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Philippines
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Type2:Province
Timezone:PST
Utc Offset:+8

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 .[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Summary of Aerodrome Data (Area Center I). Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. 4 February 2022. 11 February 2024.
  2. Book: Edmonds, Walter Dumaux. They Fought With What They Had: The Story of the Army Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific, 1941–1942. Boston. Little, Brown and co. 1951. 978-1-42891-541-1. 38.
  3. Web site: 2.2.1.6 Philippines - Luzon Rosales Airport. Logistics Capacity Assessments. WFP. Logistics Cluster. 2022. 11 February 2024.