Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines

Receiving Officer 01:11 PM, Mar 10, 2023

March 10, 2023

Dear Simeon Sam IV Magalona,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Mar 04, 2023 03:21:26 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for Number of building allowable floors or building height limit.

Response to Request

Your FOI request is approved.  Please note that we are only able to provide some of the information you have requested for you will need to submit a Height Limitation application (with required documents) in order for CAAP to determine/compute the height limit at a specific location based on all standards established for the nearest Aerodrome.

For an official/formal request for Height Limitation, please refer to the attached application form for Height Limitation (HL). You need to submit an HL application (with required documents) in order for the Operational Safety Division (OSD) to determine/compute the height limit at a specific location based on all standards established for the nearest Aerodrome.

Kindly fill-out the format for the “Applications to be submitted format_v2.xlsx” and follow the notes on each cell. Also send the scanned copies of all the documents to be submitted for the OSD's initial checking of completeness. (1 pdf per application or site)

For thesis purposes only, kindly provide a letter (with endorsement from your thesis adviser) stating the background and title of the study. Please include a location plan showing the specific property being the subject of the study and send these to the Operational Safety Division via email at osd@caap.gov.ph.

Below are references for Building Height Regulations:
1. Section 37 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9497 (https://caap.gov.ph/republic-act-no-9497/)
2. Section 707 of the IRR of National Building Code (NBC) 2005 (https://www.dpwh.gov.ph/dpwh/references/laws_codes_orders/PD1096)

For further clarification, you may call the OSD at (02) 7944-2068.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to foi_officer@caap.gov.ph. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

REQUEST FOR FEEDBACK

We would love to hear your thoughts or feedback on how we can improve your experience in using the eFOI portal. We would highly appreciate it if you could send your feedback by accomplishing the FOI Request Feedback Form that you can access through this link:

https://forms.gle/tSDKU422jMd6wa4h8

Thank you for using the eFOI portal.

Respectfully,
CAAP FOI Receiving Officer

Attachments:
 Applications to be submitted format_v2.xlsx
 Geodetic Engineer's Certificate (CAAP-ADM-AOD-002).pdf
 Height Evaluation Application Form (CAAP-ADM-AOD-001).pdf