 Iloilo International Airport ( Hiligaynon : Pangkalibutan nga Hulugpaan sang Iloilo , Tagalog : Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Iloilo ) ( IATA : ILO , ICAO : RPVI ) , also known as Iloilo Airport , and as Cabatuan Airport , after the municipality of Cabatuan , Iloilo where it is located and sometimes Santa Barbara Airport for the nearby municipality of Santa Barbara , Iloilo . The airport serves the Province of Iloilo , including its capital city , Iloilo City , the regional center of the Western Visayas region in the Philippines . It opened its doors to commercial traffic on June 14 , 2007 after a decade of planning and construction , replacing the old Iloilo Airport in Mandurriao , Iloilo City and inherited its IATA and ICAO airport codes . It is the fourth @-@ busiest airport in the Philippines , from its predecessor . It is the first airport in both Western Visayas and the island of Panay to be built to international standards , and one of the four airports in the region planned to be an international gateway . 
