PAF C-130 HERCULES LANDING AT RPMJ

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C-130 HERCULES LANDING AT RPMJ

Jolo Airport (RPMJ) is the airport serving the general area of Jolo, located in the province of Sulu in the Philippines.

RPMJ is classified as Class 2 principal (Minor Domestic) by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), a body of the Department of transportation (DOTr), that is responsible for the operations of not only RPMJ but also of all other airports in the Philippines except the major international airports.

RECORD OF AIR ACCIDENTS AT RPMJ

Aircraft type: Douglas C-47
Owner: Philippine Airlines
Airport: RPMJ
Date: 20 April 1948

Aircraft type: Hawker Siddeley HS-748
Owner: Philippine Airlines
Airport: RPMJ
Date: 11 July 1982

Aircraft type: Lockheed C-130 Hercules
Owner: Philippine Air Force
Airport: RPMJ
Date: 04 July 2021

RUNWAY DIRECTIONS: 09/27

•RWY Zero Nine (09) (Heading 088.7) Landing distance reduced to 1,826 m (displaced threshold length 63 m).

•RWY Two Seven (27) (Heading 268.7) Landing distance reduced to 1,845 m (displaced threshold length 44 m).

#CAUTION

Caution approach zone of runway 09 obstructed by trees and antennas. In addition 98’ antennas are on both sides of the runway.

#RESTRICTION
Landing on RWY 09 and takeoff on RWY 27.

Operating hours: 2200 – 0600Z
Surface: Asphalt
Length: 1,845 m (6,063 ft) as of 2009
Width: 98 ft as of 2009

Coordinates
6° 3' 13.00" N, 121° 0' 40.00"

PCN 010FBWT - No Instrument Landing System (ILS)

RPMJ HISTORY

Jolo Airport was constructed in the 1940s during World War II as a staging point for American fighter aircraft. At the time, it had a 1,000-meter runway.

At the end of the war, the airport, then owned by the United States military, was turned over to the Sulu provincial government.

The airport was expanded in 1965 by President Ferdinand Marcos, who expanded the runway to 1,200 meters. President Marcos would later expand the runway by some 500 meters, though the runway would shrink again to its 1965 size of 1,200m.

In August 2008, a Manila-based construction company, CS Santiago Construction, won the bidding for the airport's expansion. Some Php 80 million has been allocated by the Philippine government for the construction of a terminal building, perimeter fencing and relocation of affected military camps and residents. The runway was expanded to a length of 1,800 meters and a width of 60 meters, long and wide enough for larger planes to land.

On 14 December 2009, then former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and ex-US Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie A. Kenny cut the ceremonial ribbon signaling the inauguration of the newly rehabilitated airport, together with Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan, Jolo Mayor Hussin Amin.

On June 11, 2018, Governor Abdusakur “Toto” Tan II together with other local officials of Sulu and officials from the Department of Transportation and Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines led the formal turnover and the inauguration of the newly constructed Jolo Airport Terminal Building.

Currently the largest aircraft that lands in RPMJ is the Lockheed C-130 Hercules four-engine turboprop aircraft.

#Video

A cockpit view of a Philippine Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules four-engine turboprop aircraft from the 220th Airlift Wing made a short landing at RPMJ using RWY 27..

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