Is the PH Airforce breaking airstrip safety regulations?

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This one's pretty wild.


At first glance, you'd think this is a squatter ecampment parked right beside a certified airstrip, where chartered flights are still very much active. In truth, what you'll find here is our very own Airforce putting up an informal settlement next to their HQ, right at the border of this airport.


Airforce digging up the shoulder (buffer zone), aka areas no one's allowed to clog up or deface


A "rugged" Airforce ecampment, complete with livestock, misplaced fuel barrels, and lots of alcohol.



Frankly, it's quite disappointing to see. Can anyone point to a correction or some specific directive stating that this type of thing is permissible? I've gone through a fair share of CAAP manuals myself but only found sections stating the opposite, i.e. shoulder should be left with a clearance zone and any safety hazards should be cleared from the area.

[Arianespace]

You do realized BAG is Air Force military base? It is foremost an airbase, civil airport second.

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Granted, but this has been going on even while BAG re-opened commercial flights.

[Arianespace]

The airport is not CAAP property. And the apron side they were working on is on the military side of the base.  Of course, NOTAMS are made for these obstructions. But CAAP cannot prohibit them from doing these constructions. And judging from the pictures, I think they are completing the construction of perimeter fence across the airport, basically to exclude people and livestock inside the active. Basura is just extra

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Appreciate the insight. Yeah admittedly not the tidiest scene but it is what it is. I'll read up more on apron-adjacent activities. Hope it's cool to bring back here what I find because it is a very interesting topic.

The runway basketball court is also one heck of a touch

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After further investigation, I think this may be something quite serious actually.

According to the city map and confirmed by a local official, all of these areas are designated no-build / buffer zones. Right now they're cutting down trees, digging up septic tanks, and laying foundations for new buildings right in this area.

Just the other day, there was a huge C30 trying to maneuver around this taxiway and it was even more constricted with these obstructions in place.

From the CAAP manual, and even international certification standards put out by ICAO - the runway shoulders should remain exactly to spec with how it was officially certified as a bonifed airstrip. Meaning you can't just stick basketball courts, dig up the buffer zones, and put up tents for parking like they're doing now.

And if they held any reverence to these standards, you'd think the Air Force of all units would be the last people wreck things up.

[Arianespace]

By CAA manual and ICAO standards, Baguio doesn't even pass as a civilian airport for category "B" aircraft. Yet, it regularly receives planes of that type.

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All the more reason we can't have these preventable safety deficiencies. The president lands on this airport.

Certification or none, outside of the label, it's a matter of principle.