<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">Manila: NAIA (MNL) International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Find the most important information about Ninoy Aquino International Airport or NAIA Airport: flights (departures, arrivals, and delays), parking, car rentals, hotels near the airport, and other information about Manila Airport (MNL). Plan your trip to MNL Airport with the information provided in this guide. Check the Manila Travel Guide at Bautrip for more information about Manila.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Ninoy Aquino International Airport, or NAIA (IATA: MNL, ICAO: RPLL), also known as Manila International Airport or simply Manila Airport, is one of the two international airports serving the Metro Manila Area and the main international gateway to the Philippines.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3">History Manila International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The original airport that served Manila, Grace Park Airfield (also known as Manila North) in Grace Park, Caloocan (then a municipality of Rizal), was opened in 1935.</p>
<p class="blog-para">It was the city's first commercial airport and was used by the Philippine Aerial Taxi Company (later Philippine Airlines) for its first domestic routes. In July 1937, Nielson Airport, located on a 45-hectare (4,800,000 sq ft) plot of land in Makati, also then in Rizal, was inaugurated and served as the gateway to Manila; its runways now form Ayala Avenue and Paseo de Roxas.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Following the end of World War II and Philippine independence from the United States, Grace Park Airfield closed, whereas Nielson Airport continued to operate until 1948, when it was decommissioned and all airport operations were moved to the current site, Nichols Field, due to the easier terrain gradient, expanse of greenfield land, and the USAF base runway (Runway 13/31) that could be used for the airport. The original structure, designed by Frederico Illustre, was built on what is now the site of Terminal 2.</p>
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