Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport (Tacloban Domestic Airport) in San Jose, Leyte
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(DSC09719) Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport, also known as DZR Airport or Tacloban Domestic Airport (in Cataisan Point, Barangay San Jose, Leyte), is an airport serving the general area of Tacloban City, located in the province of Leyte in the Philippines. The airport is classified as a Class 1 principal (major domestic) airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. The DZR Airport is the 7th busiest airport in the Philippines, outside of Metro Manila (out of the 20 major airports) in terms of passenger volume (with 830,579 passengers), based on the 2009 statistics of the Air Transportation Office. It ranked behind the airports in Mactan, Davao, Iloilo, Bacolod, Cagayan De Oro and Caticlan. Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport, first known as San Jose Airstrip, was constructed as an airstrip for the U.S. air forces during World War II. It then became known popularly as Tacloban Airport when commercial aviation begun on the airport. San Jose is a village in Tacloban City. The airport was renamed to its current name as a memorial in honor of a parliament member from Leyte named Daniel Z. Romualdez, who became speaker of parliament. He was the uncle of Imelda Romualdez Marcos, the wife of Philippine president Ferdinand E. Marcos. Today, Daniel Z. Romualdez serves as the premier gateway to the Eastern Visayas Region in the Visayas. (Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Z._R omualdez_Airport)
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