There are a number of airports in the Philippines. However, not all Philippines airports have regularly scheduled flights. We do not list the smallest Philippines airports, since there is no way to provide you flights from those airports. AirGorilla offers flights, hotels, and rental car reservations for Philippines. Phillippines Airports or Phillipines Airports are alternate spellings.
The Philippines (Filipino: Pilipinas), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ng Pilipinas), is an island nation located in the Malay Archipelago in Southeast Asia, with Manila as its capital. It comprises 7,107 islands called the Philippine Archipelago, with a total land area of approximately 300,000 square kilometers or 116,000 square miles, making it the 72nd largest country by area. Modern day Filipinos are mostly of Austronesian stock, although there are a number of Filipinos with Spanish, Chinese, American, and Arab ancestry.
The Philippines borders the Philippine Sea on the east, on the South China Sea the west, and the Celebes Sea on the south. The island of Borneo lies a few hundred kilometers southwest and Taiwan directly north. The Moluccas and Sulawesi are to the south, and Palau is to the east beyond the Philippine Sea. The Philippines is divided into three geographical areas: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. It has 17 regions, 80 provinces, 117 cities, 1,501 municipalities, and 41,982 barangays.
The islands are commonly divided into three island groups: Luzon (Regions I to V, NCR and CAR), Visayas (VI to VIII), and Mindanao (IX to XIII and ARMM). The busy port of Manila, on Luzon, is the national capital and second largest city after its suburb Quezon City.
The country was named "Las Islas Filipinas" by Ruy Lopez de Villalobos after King Philip II of Spain. Spanish colonial rule began in 1565 and lasted for about three centuries until the Philippine Revolution of 1896. The United States gained possession of the Philippines after the Spanish-American War in 1898 and ruled the country for about five decades. Philippine culture has many affinities with the West. Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion, and Filipino (Tagalog) is an official language, along with English.
The local climate is hot, humid, and tropical. The average yearly temperature is around 26.5 C (79.7 F). There are three recognized seasons: Tag-init or Tag-araw (the hot season or summer from March to May), Tag-ulan (the rainy season from June to November), and Taglamig (the cold season from December to February). The southwest monsoon (May-October) is known as the "habagat" and the dry winds of the northeast monsoon (November-April) as the "amihan". The country itself is udergoing desertification in place like Sorsogon, Baguio, Davao and the Sierra Madre mountain range. ()
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