Bacolod-Silay Airport – BCD Airport
Bacolod-Silay Airport is located in Bacolod, Negros Occidental. It is the main airport serving the area of Metro Bacolod and sits on a 181-hectare site. The IATA and ICAO airport codes were inherited from the Bacolod City Domestic Airport, the airport that this new facility replaced in 2008.
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BCD Airport is capable of handling international air traffic. It is the busier airport out of the two that serves Negros Island, the other is Dumaguete Airport located in Sibulan, Negros Oriental. The airport has a Principal-Class 1 Domestic Airport designation given by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. There is one primary runway on the airport that measures 2,0002 meters by 45 meters. It can accommodate large aircrafts like the Airbus A330. The airport complex was designed to handle more than one million passengers annually. As of the year 2017, as many as 1,579,199 passengers went through the airport. Nearby Cabatuan, Iloilo, and Oton find the BCD to be their airport of choice.
What to Do & Area Attractions
The nearest hotel from BCD Airport is the Balay 8 Suites. It offers affordable accommodations that are clean and caters to single or group guests. It is only 9 minutes away from the airport. Nature’s Village Resort is another option that’s only 18 minutes by car. Rooms are casual, clean, and the facility also boasts of a pool. Located less than 7 miles away is the O Hotel, boasts of its quality services, and chic and simple interior. Iloilo International Airport is another airport that operates nearby.
