Airports / Philippines / LAO
Laoag International Airport
RPLI / LAOLaoag City, PhilippinesELEV 25 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
69 nm
To the nearest alternate
Cagayan North International Airport (LLC).
Overview
Laoag International Airport, listed as RPLI / LAO, is a large commercial airport in Laoag City, Philippines. The field lies at an elevation of 25 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
LAO has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Cagayan North International Airport (LLC, 69 nm), Tuguegarao Airport (TUG, 76 nm), and San Fernando Airport (SFE, 96 nm).
Quotes for flights out of LAO vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Gabu Airfield and Laoag Airfield. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from LAO, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
RPLI
IATA
LAO
FAA / Local
RPLI
Elevation
25 ft
Coordinates
18.1751° N · 120.5310° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Philippines fields
state range 5–4,251 ft
At 25 ft, LAO sits lower than 63% of the 57 Philippines fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 69nmLLCCagayan North International AirportLal-lo
- 76nmTUGTuguegarao AirportTuguegarao City
- 96nmSFESan Fernando AirportSan Fernando
- 102nmCYZCauayan AirportCauayan City
- 108nmBAGLoakan AirportBaguio
- 157nmBQADr. Juan C. Angara AirportBaler
Location
Open the full mapRPLI · Laoag International Airport · Laoag City, Philippines