Location
Lat 13° 10' 0" Long 23° 44' 0"  Located outside Legaspi.

Wartime History
Occupied by the Japanese in middle December 1941. Used by the Japanese for the duration of the war. A contingent of the Tainan Kokutai was based based there during early 1942. During 1944, the 33rd Sentai was stationed here, in addition to a few other Army and possibly other IJN units in transit to other locations.

Japanese Units based at Legaspi
Tainan Kokutai (A6M2 Zero) Tainan late Dec 41 - Jan 16, 1942 Tarakan
33rd Sentai (Ki-43) 1944

American Missions Against Legaspi
December 14, 1941 - April 27, 1945

The airfield was Liberated by the U.S. Army after their landing at Legaspi on April 1, 1945.

Today
Still in use today, airport code LGP.

References
Thanks to Tony Feredo for additional information

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Last Updated
October 1, 2009