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CLARK

INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT
CORPORATION
Company Profile

COMPANY PROFILE
In 1902, Clark was established by the Americans and was formerly known as

Fort Stotsenburg.

In 1917, the eastern portion of Fort Stotsenburg was converted into an airfield

and was renamed Clark Air Field in 1919. In 1947, the first RP-US Military
Bases Agreement was signed. This integrated Clark Field and Fort Stotsenburg
into the Clark Air Base.

In November 1991, the Clark Air Base was reverted back to the Philippine

government.

RA 7227, also known as the Bases Conversion Act of 1992, created the Bases

Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) as the implementing arm of


the government to accelerate the conversion of the former Clark Military
Reservation into the Clark Special Economic Zone, where Clark Development
Corporation (CDC) became a subsidiary corporation of BCDA, and in turn, the
Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) as a subsidiary of the CDC.

In 1993, the former Clark Air Base was reopened as the Clark Special

Economic Zone (CSEZ) after the area was cleared from lahar debris from the
Mount Pinatubo explosion and a typhoon that followed. During the
administration of former President Fidel V. Ramos, it was designated to be the
future primary international gateway of the Philippines and the major
international airport of Metro Manila and its neighboring provinces when
Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila has reached full capacity
and can no longer be expanded.

In 2003, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo renamed Clark International

Airport as the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA), in


memory of her father, former President Diosdado Macapagal, and ordered
the Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) in February 2007 to fund
the US$1.7 billion (PH76.5 billion) expansion of DMIA and the approval of a
US$2 million (PH90 million) study plan financed by the Korean International
Cooperation Agency. The first stage of Clark Airport's expansion program, a
PH130 million terminal expansion, was completed in January 2008 to
accommodate more than 2 million passengers annually. In February 2012,
the airport's name reverted to Clark International Airport but the
passenger terminal continued to bear Diosdado Macapagal's name.

In April 2008, Executive Order 716 was issued, transforming the CIAC as a

subsidiary of the BCDA.

Pursuant to EO 716, series of 2008, the Clark International Airport

Corporation is tasked and mandated to develop, operate, manage and


maintain the Clark Civil Aviation Complex.

The Clark Civil Aviation Complex, located within the Clark Freeport Zone in

Pampanga, the biggest American military base outside the United States,
covers an area of approximately 2,367 hectares with a 3,200-meter long
runway and associated taxiways, aircraft parking apron, a passenger
terminal building and related facilities.

Within its immediate environs, Clark has a local catchment area with an

estimated population of 23 million. It covers Regions 1, 2 and 3, the CAR


and the northern part of NCR which are the Quezon City and the
KAMANAVA area. At the center of the Clark Civil Aviation Complex is the
Clark International Airport (CRK).

The Clark International Airport (CRK) is located at the heart of Central

Luzon, making it the most viable and convenient airport of choice for
travelers from North-Central Luzon and the northern Metro Manila area who
wants to avoid the hustle and bustle of the city streets. It is easily
accessible by shuttle bus from various points of Metro Manila and North
Luzon.

The Clark International Airport (CRK) is one of the biggest aviation

complexes in Asia with two (2) runways in parallel configuration that can
easily be extended to 4 kilometers to accommodate new generation widebodied aircrafts. The primary runway (Runway 02R/20L) has a length of
3,200 meters and a width of 61 meters. It is fully equipped with all
navigational aids and lighting facilities and has a Category 1 rating for
precision approach. The secondary runway (Runway 02L/20R) has a length
of 3,200 meters and a width of 45 meters. It is not yet equipped with
navigational aids and lighting facilities and is currently used for Visual
Flight Rules (VFR) only. The airport is well equipped with a Terminal Radar
Approach Control, Navigational Aids, Meteorological Equipment, Airfield
Ground Lighting System and Crash, Fire and Rescue facilities.

The Clark International Airport (CRK) takes pride in its modern amenities

complemented by airline support services such as Gate Gourmet, the


worlds largest in-flight catering service provider; SIA Engineering
Philippines, for Maintenance Repair Overhaul Facility; Lubwell Corporation,
for into plane fuel service provider and Clark Airport Service Support
Corporation (CASSC), for ground handling facility to name a few.

All these are being undertaken with the end vision of developing the Clark

International Airport (CRK) as the next premiere international gateway of


the Philippines and the best services and logistics in the Asia-Pacific region.

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