Information of General Santos International Airport (Buayan Airport)

• Location & QuickFacts
• Airport Communications
• Runway Information
• Remarks

Location & QuickFacts

Airport ICAO Code:	RPMR
Airport IATA Code:	GES
Airport Type:	A - Civil
Longitude/Latitude:	E 125° 05' 45.72"/N 06° 03' 28.81" 125.096033/6.058003
Elevation:	505 ft / 153.92 m
Location:	General Santos, Philippines
Magnetic Variation:	E 0°16.7' (2008-04)
Time Zone:	UTC+8

Airport Communications

Type	Name	Freq 1	Freq 2	Freq 3	Freq 4	Freq 5
Approach Control	APP	119.1 M	118.2 M
Tower	TWR	118.4 M	255.4 M	6802.5 K	3671 K

Runway Information

Runway 17/35

Dimension:	10587 x 148 ft / 3226.9 x 45.1 m
Surface:	Concrete.

	Runway 17	Runway 35
Longitude:	125.094431 / E 125° 05' 39.95"	125.097967 / E 125° 05' 52.68"
Latitude:	6.072608 / N 06° 04' 21.39"	6.043639 / N 06° 02' 37.10"
End Elevation:	505.0 ft	465.0 ft
Alignment:	173.0	353.0
Slope:	-0.4	0.4
Touchdown Zone Elev.:	505.0	481.0
Lighting System 1:	High Intensity Runway Lights	High Intensity Runway Lights
Lighting System 2:	SALS or SALSF	PAPI - Precision Approach Path Indicator
Lighting System 3:	PAPI - Precision Approach Path Indicator

Remarks

Caution - Mt. Matutum 18 NM N.

Fuel - (Petron, NC-A1).

Operating Hours - Opr 2300-0700Z. Arpt bcn HO.

Restricted - VFR opr only, clsd to NORDO