Jolo Airport
Jolo Airport was constructed in the 1940s during World War II as a staging point for American fighter aircraft.[3] At the end of the war, the airport, then owned by the United States military, was turned over to the Sulu provincial government.A three million-dollar expansion project, financed by the United States, seeks to rehabilitate the old airport by expanding the current runway to over 2,000 meters, enabling aircraft as large as the Boeing 737 to land at the airport.Some P80 million has been allocated by the Philippine government for the construction of a terminal building, perimeter fencing and relocation of affected military camps and residents.[6] On December 14, 2009, then former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and ex-US Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie A. Kenny cut the ceremonial ribbon signaling the inauguration of the newly rehabilitated airport, together with Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan, Jolo Mayor Hussin Amin[7][8] On June 11, 2018, Governor Abdusakur “Toto” Tan II together with other local officials of Sulu and officials from Department of Transportation and Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines led the formal turnover and inauguration of the newly constructed Jolo Airport Terminal Building.