Airports / Philippines / RPMB
Rajah Buayan Air Base
RPMBGeneral Santos City, PhilippinesELEV 28 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
9 nm
To the nearest alternate
General Santos International Airport (GES) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Rajah Buayan Air Base, listed as RPMB, is a mid-sized airport in General Santos City, Philippines. The field lies at an elevation of 28 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
RPMB has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include General Santos International Airport (GES, 9 nm), Allah Valley Airport (AAV, 33 nm), and Central Mindanao Airport (PH-0462, 52 nm).
Quotes for flights out of RPMB vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as GES and Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Heneral Santos. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from RPMB, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
RPMB
IATA
—
FAA / Local
RPMB
Elevation
28 ft
Coordinates
6.1055° N · 125.2349° 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
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Philippines fields
state range 5–4,251 ft
At 28 ft, RPMB sits lower than 60% 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.
- 9nmGESGeneral Santos International AirportGeneral Santos
- 33nmAAVAllah Valley AirportSurallah
- 52nmPH-0462Central Mindanao AirportM'lang
- 66nmDVOFrancisco Bangoy International AirportDavao
- 80nmMXIMati National AirportMati
- 88nmCBOCotabato (Awang) AirportDatu Odin Sinsuat
Location
Open the full mapRPMB · Rajah Buayan Air Base · General Santos City, Philippines