I just had to post this photo of the Loakan Airport Runway in Baguio City to kick off the “Only in Baguio” series.
This was taken in 2004 using my first digital camera, Sony Cybershot P-10, at 3:35 p.m. I specify the time just so you know that no planes were endangered by the folks promenading along the runway. The Manila-Baguio-Manila Asian Spirit flight lands daily at 10:30 a.m. and heads right back at 11:05 a.m. Did you notice the folks on the far right who look like they’re picnicking or something? Either they’re all seated in pairs or they’re really tiny.
Who are these people? Residents of the property across the runway who either have no access road to their houses or commuters who get off the jeepney on Loakan Road and enter the airport premises to cross to their homes. Next thing you know there’ll be goats, chickens and dogs crossing the runway.
And, by the way, this same strip is “multi-use.” Kids with hot cars use it for drag racing at night, too! Lemme see if I can find old news articles about cars falling off the cliff that is at the end of the runway, teenagers dying and their parents saying, “I had no idea they were doing that …”
- 3 Teenage Girls Killed in a Drag Race Mishap
- Mayor Orders Probe on Loakan Road Mishap
- Auto Group Says That Drag Racing is Legal
Loakan Airport still allows vehicles and pedestrians to use the runway in 2007. And now you know how lax our airport security seems to be.
The “Only in Baguio” category is supposed to make you laugh or smile (but really, it makes me want to cry)
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