Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 306)
The purpose is to revise Executive Order No. 73, series of 1936, establishing and classifying airports and landing fields, and to fix responsibility for their construction, administration, use, and maintenance.
They are classified into National Airports and Landing Fields, National Emergency Landing Fields, Provincial Airports and Landing Fields, City Airports and Landing Fields, Municipal Airports and Landing Fields, Private Airports and Landing Fields, and United States Military Airports and Landing Fields.
Airports and landing fields owned, operated, and maintained by the Philippine Government. They are further classified into Commercial and Military airports.
Airports operated and maintained for commercial aviation by the Philippine Government.
Yes, with the consent of the military authorities, military airports may be used by commercial and private planes.
The Director of Aeronautics.
Private airports and landing fields shall not be available for use by commercial planes except in emergencies unless constructed and rated according to Bureau of Aeronautics regulations and a permit has been issued.
The Secretary of National Defense can approve the designation of municipal airports as provincial airports, approve rules and regulations for the use of airports and landing fields, and approve requests for provincial, city, or municipal airports to be designated national airports.
Landing fields constructed or to be constructed along air routes as safety precautions in case of forced landings.
Control and supervision of acquisition, construction, administration, maintenance, and improvement of military national airports and landing fields.