{"id":287580,"date":"2018-10-26T19:29:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T09:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=287580"},"modified":"2018-10-26T19:29:59","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T09:29:59","slug":"breaking-news-saipan-airport-will-open-sunday-for-commercial-planes-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/breaking-news-saipan-airport-will-open-sunday-for-commercial-planes-only\/","title":{"rendered":"Saipan airport will open Sunday for commercial planes only"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Francisco C. Ada\/Saipan International Airport will be opening on Sunday for commercial airlines and strictly just for outbound passengers only, according to Commonwealth Ports Authority executive director Christopher S. Tenorio.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose passengers who are stranded here [like tourists] on the island that want to leave, we\u2019re opening it on Sunday,\u201d Tenorio told Saipan Tribune<\/em> late Friday<\/p>\n

For incoming passengers, he said, the Saian airport will \u201cprobably\u201d re-open a week from today but, right now, the official word is that it is closed to incoming traffic until further notice.<\/p>\n

Tenorio said they opened the airport runway strictly for humanitarian assistance.<\/p>\n

He said Saipan airport sustained severe damage due to Super Typhoon Yutu and that at this time there is no refueling, the power is not at a hundred percent, the navigation aids are inoperable, and the terminal suffered flooding along with structural damage.<\/p>\n

Tenorio said the Tinian International Airport also sustained damage and is estimated to re-open within a week.<\/p>\n

He said power restoration is currently ongoing at Tinian airport and this prompted them to limit the flight operations to humanitarian and relief goods only.<\/p>\n

Tenorio said the Benjamin Taisacan Manglona International Airport is open while it is still undergoing assessment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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