General Santos International Airport is the largest airport in Mindanao island and serves the region known as SOCSARGEN (South Cotabato, Sarangani province and General Santos). Although it is called International Airport the airport has not seen an international flight for decades.
International Airport the airport has not seen an international flight for decades.
The airport was inaugurated on July 6th, 1996, replacing the old and smaller Buayan Airport (now named Rajah Buayan Air Station used by the Philippine Air Force). This new, larger and modern airport uses the old airport IATA code, GES.
General Santos International Airport is not a large airport so there are not many flights departing here. There are only a few destinations that you can reach from General Santos International Airport, most of these are operated by . Many people take a flight to Manila and transfer to another flight there.
Manila (MNL)Cebu (CEB)Iloilo (ILO)Clark (CRK)
