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Several CAAP-operated airports suspend operations amid Typhoon Carina 


Several airports operated by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines have either suspended some activities or their whole operations due to the bad weather brought by Typhoon Carina and the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat). 

As of 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, here is the situation in some airports under CAAP: 

Basco Airport

- only flight operations are suspended

San Jose Airport

- only 1 flight was scheduled for Wednesday, and it was cancelled

Iba Airport

- GenAv training flights are suspended

Sangley Airport

- suspended aerodrome operations due to flooding at the runway and apron

Plaridel Airport

- Gen Av and training flights suspended

Tacloban Airport

- 1 cancelled flight on Tuesday and 4 delayed flights on Wednesday

Lubang Airport

- No GenAv operations

Palanan Airport

- operations resumed

- 1 flight as of the moment (Palanan-Cauayan)

Laoag Airport

- VFR operations back to normal as of 11:15 a.m.

- VFR operations suspended due to inclement weather

Vigan Airport

- experiencing light rain and moderate to strong wind.

- operations suspended

Cauayan Airport

- 2 flights cancelled

- commercial flights to coastal areas resumed

Tuguegarao Airport

- 4 flights cancelled

Lingayen Airport

- experiencing light to moderate rains. Apron and some parts of the runway are flooded

- operations suspended

San Fernando Airport

- experiencing light to moderate rains

- operations suspended

Baguio Airport

- experiencing moderate rains and foggy weather

- operations suspended

Bicol International Airport

- 10 flights cancellations due to weather conditions from the point of origin

GenSan Airport

- 3 delayed flights due to late arrival of turnaround aircraft from another flight

Davao International Airport

- 5 delayed flights

- no cancelled flights

Pagadian Airport

- no flight cancellations

Zamboanga International Airport

- no flight cancellations

Dipolog Airport

- no flight cancellations

Butuan Airport

- 2 flight cancellations

In its 11 a.m. bulletin, state weather bureau PAGASA said that Carina has intensified further as it moves towards Taiwan. 

The typhoon is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility by Thursday morning, PAGASA added. —VBL, GMA Integrated News