Guiuan Airport is an airport located in the municipality of Guiuan, in the province of Eastern Samar in the Philippines. It is classified as a feeder airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, an attached agency of the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the operations all airports in the Philippines, except the major international airports.
Aerial view of Guiuan Airfield during the Allied Occupation.
Guiuan, officially the Municipality of Guiuan, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines. It constitutes the southeastern extremity of Samar Island and some adjacent islands, surrounded by Leyte Gulf and the Philippine Sea, two major bodies of water that makes the town the surfing capital of the Visayas. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 53,361 people, making it the most populous municipality in Eastern Samar and the second most populous administrative division in the entire province after the capital city Borongan.
Near-sunset view of Leyte Gulf and Manicani Island from the Guiuan Integrated Transport Terminal
A historical marker in Homonhon Island marking the site where Ferdinand Magellan's expedition landed in 1521
The Guiuan Church, built in the 18th century at the behest of Jesuit priests
The airfield of the US naval base in Guiuan during World War II. It now serves as the town's airport.