The New Puerto Princesa International Airport

I was one of the fortunate ones to have witnessed the first day the New Puerto Princesa International Airport was opened to the public after its inauguration on May 3, 2017. I was flying PAL's last trip to Manila together with my cousin.

The old Puerto Princesa Airport had a floor area of only 3,000 square meters, but the new airport spans 13,000 square meters with a seating capacity of 1,500, and has parking lots for more than 200 cars. I was unable to take pictures of the airport from the outside because I was already in a rush to get inside to meet my cousin but Rappler has pictures of the new airport. 

Here are some of the pictures from inside the airport.

From inside the airport, there are two entrance gates that departing passengers may use. 

Upon entering, the check-in counters for Air Asia and Philippine Airlines are on the left side.

Cebu Pacific check-in counters are on the left side.

It's a ticketing booth space, but there are no ticketing booths yet.
Maybe when I come back to Palawan, I might be able to see some improvements.

Upon entering the departure gates, on your right, there are stores that sell Palawan souvenirs.
I've seen only two. Wait a few more months and maybe there might be more stores inside.

The terminal fee booth and the Security Check gate are on your right
from the check-in counters. Prepare P200 as terminal fee.

There are three gates for boarding passengers. The boarding gates for international flights are furthermost on the right. Forgive me for the blurry picture. :(

There is another shop inside the airport's boarding gates that sells Palawan souvenir items.

On the second floor, there is a coffee shop and a kiosk that serves rice meals and sandwiches.
I wasn't able to take a picture anymore because it was too late, and they were already closing.

The new Puerto Princesa International airport was a joint project
by the Department of Transportation and by the South Korean government.