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TAC Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport
Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport (IATA: TAC, ICAO:RPVA) is located in the the city of Tacloban, Philippines. It is the primary international airport serving Tacloban and its surrounding metropolitan area. Phone Number :+63533236191

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IATA Code

TAC

ICAO Code

RPVA

Name

Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport

Type

Main Airport

Country / Region

Philippines (PH)

City

Tacloban

Latitude

11.2276001

Longitude

125.0279999

Time Zone

UTC+08:00

Phone Number

+63533236191

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Airport Overview

Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport (TAC)

Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport is a Class 1 principal domestic airport serving Tacloban City and the wider Eastern Visayas market on Leyte Island, Philippines. Located at approximately 11.2276001°N and 125.0279999°E, it functions primarily as a regional passenger airport with cargo moving mainly through available airline belly capacity and appointed ground-handling arrangements. Its principal air links are with Manila and Cebu, making it a practical gateway for time-sensitive shipments requiring onward domestic connections. Our platform treats this airport as a regional consolidation and distribution point rather than a dedicated international cargo hub. Exporters should therefore confirm airline acceptance, handling arrangements, customs requirements, and connection availability before cargo is released for delivery.

Airport name	Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport
Location	Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines
IATA / ICAO	TAC / RPVA
Coordinates	11.2276001°N, 125.0279999°E
Local time	UTC+08:00, Philippine Standard Time
Airport contact in supplied record	+63 53 323 6191

Key Highlights

Key Logistics Characteristics

Regional domestic gateway: Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport primarily supports Tacloban and Eastern Visayas rather than long-haul international freighter operations.
Connection-dependent capacity: International cargo commonly requires an airline-approved connection through Manila, Cebu, or another confirmed gateway.
Airline-specific acceptance: Cargo-space availability, cut-off times, commodity restrictions, and ground handling depend on the operating carrier and its appointed handling agent.
Time-sensitive regional demand: Medical supplies, spare parts, documents, retail replenishment, and other urgent shipments may be suitable when confirmed on a protected itinerary.
Weather and infrastructure sensitivity: Severe weather, operational disruption, and limited regional handling windows can affect uplift and delivery planning, so contingency routing is important.

Cargo Facilities & Services

Facility Planning for Air Freight

Our service team confirms the actual operating carrier, appointed ground handler, acceptance point, and available warehouse process before booking. Facility access and commodity capability should not be assumed solely from the airport’s passenger-airport classification.

Airline and GHA handling

General cargo is normally subject to the airline’s acceptance rules and the appointed ground handler’s receiving, storage, screening, and release procedures.

Customs and regulatory interface

For international movements, customs treatment and export or import clearance depend on the routing and the designated Philippine customs facility. Our team verifies the correct clearance point before dispatch.

Temperature-sensitive cargo

Cold-chain or controlled-room-temperature shipments require prior written confirmation of acceptance, storage duration, transfer protection, packaging, and available monitoring. Do not tender perishables without a confirmed handling plan.

Dangerous goods and special cargo

Dangerous goods, lithium batteries, live animals, valuable cargo, oversized pieces, and vulnerable shipments require commodity-specific pre-approval. Warehouse equipment, segregation, and handling windows must be confirmed case by case.

Routes & Transit Times

Routing and Transit Planning

Primary domestic gateways: Manila and Cebu are the principal connection points identified for traffic serving Tacloban and Eastern Visayas. Actual uplift depends on the operating airline, aircraft payload, and booking inventory.
International shipments: Cargo may require a domestic feeder leg before or after the international sector. The booked itinerary must distinguish airport-to-airport transit from customs clearance and final delivery time.
Carrier confirmation: Our platform requests a protected routing with confirmed cargo acceptance, connection feasibility, and transfer responsibility; we do not promise a transit time before the airline confirms the shipment.
Disruption variables: Weather, aircraft changes, payload restrictions, weekend or holiday schedules, security screening, customs inspection, and missed connections can extend the overall transit cycle.

Planning rule: Treat any quoted transit as an operational estimate subject to airline confirmation. For urgent cargo, our service team can assess a Manila or Cebu alternative and compare direct regional delivery with onward trucking or domestic air options.

Hinterland & Key Cargo

Served Market and Typical Shipment Profiles

Core hinterland: Tacloban City and the surrounding Leyte market, with potential onward service to other parts of Eastern Visayas subject to domestic delivery access and consignee location.
Time-critical industrial cargo: Production spares, maintenance parts, electrical components, tools, and project documents may use air freight when surface alternatives cannot meet the required delivery date.
Healthcare and relief-related cargo: Medical consumables, diagnostic materials, pharmaceuticals, and emergency supplies require advance checks for temperature, packaging, permits, and consignee readiness.
Retail and general merchandise: E-commerce replenishment, garments, packaged goods, samples, and small commercial consignments are commonly assessed for domestic belly-capacity routing.
Perishables: Food, seafood, plants, and other perishables require confirmed acceptance, suitable packaging, rapid delivery, and a contingency plan for delays.

Operations & Compliance

Execution and Compliance Controls

Booking and cut-off: Airline cut-off times are flight- and handler-specific. Our team obtains the confirmed acceptance deadline and recommends delivery with buffer for weighing, document review, security screening, and warehouse queues.
Complete documentation: The commercial invoice, packing list, air waybill data, shipper and consignee details, permits, and commodity description must be consistent. Vague descriptions such as “parts” or “samples” can delay acceptance or clearance.
Dangerous goods: Shippers must declare batteries, chemicals, aerosols, magnets, dry ice, and other regulated articles before booking. Classification, packing, marking, labeling, and documentation must comply with the carrier’s current requirements and applicable Philippine regulations.
Customs and delivery: Customs inspection, documentary review, taxes, permits, and consignee availability can affect release. Our service team confirms whether clearance is arranged at the origin, connection gateway, destination, or another designated facility.

Shipping Tips

Practical Recommendations from Our Service Team

Send the exact commodity description, HS information where available, piece dimensions, gross weight, battery or chemical details, and required delivery date before we request space.
Book early for temperature-sensitive, dangerous, oversized, live-animal, valuable, or high-priority cargo. Obtain written airline and handler acceptance before packing cargo for airport delivery.
Use robust, airline-suitable packaging with clear piece identification, consignee contact details, orientation marks where relevant, and protection against humidity and handling movement.
For critical shipments, ask our team to compare a connection through Manila or Cebu with a non-air alternative and to prepare a recovery option if the first uplift is disrupted.

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Can Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport handle international air freight?

International handling depends on the confirmed airline routing, customs arrangement, and appointed ground-handling process. Our team normally evaluates a domestic connection through Manila or Cebu and verifies where export or import clearance will take place.

Are there fixed daily cargo flights to Tacloban?

We do not assume fixed cargo frequencies. Available capacity may be carried on passenger aircraft or other airline services and can change with season, aircraft type, payload, and operational conditions. Space must be confirmed for each shipment.

How should I ship pharmaceuticals or other temperature-sensitive goods?

Provide the required temperature range, packaging specification, data-logger requirement, shelf-life information, and handling priority at quotation stage. Our team then checks airline acceptance, transfer protection, storage exposure, and consignee readiness before booking.

What information is required for lithium batteries or dangerous goods?

Share the UN number, proper shipping name, packing instruction, net quantity, battery type and watt-hour rating where applicable, Safety Data Sheet if relevant, and shipper’s declaration requirements. Acceptance remains subject to carrier approval.

What is the best alternative if the shipment cannot be uplifted through Tacloban?

Our service team can review a confirmed connection through Manila or Cebu, an alternative nearby gateway, or a combined air-and-ground plan. The appropriate option depends on customs status, final destination, cargo characteristics, and delivery urgency.

Data Sources & Provenance

Reference and Verification Scope

Airport identity, codes, name, location, coordinates, city, country, time zone, and contact details are based on the supplied airport record. Operational statements concerning airline acceptance, customs processing, dangerous goods, screening, and special cargo are presented as planning guidance and must be reconfirmed for the actual shipment, flight, and handling agent.

Philippine civil aviation oversight and airport information: caap.gov.ph
Philippine customs rules and clearance authority: customs.gov.ph
International air transport standards and cargo guidance: iata.org
Philippine government information and regulatory references: gov.ph

Verification boundary: Current schedules, available capacity, cut-off times, cargo acceptance, facility access, charges, customs requirements, and disruption status are time-sensitive. Our service team verifies these items with the relevant airline, ground handler, customs authority, and consignee before final execution.