# General Santos International Airport (GES)

> General Santos, PH · IATA: GES · ICAO: RPMR · Medium Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `GES` |
| ICAO | `RPMR` |
| City | General Santos |
| Country | PH |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 154 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 6.05800, 125.09600 |

## Description

Sashimi-grade tuna, boxed and chilled within hours of the catch reaching the quay, is the defining cargo of General Santos International Airport (GES / RPMR) in southern Mindanao. The city is the tuna capital of the Philippines, and processing plants ring the airport, feeding daily consignments to Manila and onward to Japan, South Korea and the United States. Most of it travels as belly cargo on the roughly seven daily departures operated by Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific, with occasional dedicated freight flights; GES is not a standing freighter base. The 3,227-metre runway, among the longest in the country, imposes no aircraft-size constraint on wide-body operations. Beyond seafood, the airport consolidates SOCCSKSARGEN agricultural exports such as pineapple and banana, cleared through the Philippine Bureau of Customs district seated at General Santos. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines has announced a terminal and apron upgrade programme starting in 2026. The Maharlika Highway links the field to General Santos seaport for sea-air routings, while larger freighter capacity sits at Davao (DVO) and Manila (MNL).

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