Subic Bay International Airport

Subic Bay International Airport (SBIA) serves as a secondary and diversion airport for both the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila and the Clark International Airport in Pampanga.^[1]

Subic Bay International Airport Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Look ng Subic
Aerial view of Subic Bay International Airport
IATA: SFS ICAO: RPLB WMO: 98426
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority
Serves	Zambales and Bataan
Location	Mabayo, Morong, Bataan, Philippines
Opened	November 1992; 32 years ago (1992-11)
Elevation AMSL	20 m / 64 ft
Coordinates	14°47′39″N 120°16′15″E
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07/25 2,744 9,003 Asphalt

Philippine Airlines A330 at Subic Bay International Airport

SBIA also directly serves the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. Its airport codes are (IATA: SFS, ICAO: RPLB). The airport was once known as Cubi Point, naval air station of the Subic Naval Base of the United States Navy before the eruption of Mount Pinatubo and its closure.

Subic Bay Airfield

The restoration of the Subic Bay Airfield (U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay) as a new "forward operating base" will host the maritime patrol assets for maritime and territorial disputes in the South China Sea, in line with the Philippines' and United States Comprehensive Archipelagic Defense Concept (CADC). Situated along the former Naval Air Station Cubi Point at Naval Base Subic Bay edge, the project is aimed to enhance the surveillance and deployment capacities serving both countries.^[2]