RjMore you mentioned about Tagbilaran airport being flown by jets... I heard from a pinoy pilot that they fly the B737 to Naga airport which is 1.4 kms and 30 meters wide!!
It has a 6000ft or so mountain jst about 7 miles away on 1 side & a thousand foot mountain range on another end...& purely visual.
In the morning the fog can stay on the field & in the afternoon the crosswind can be something else.
I've flown the turbo prop there long time ago & I still cannot figure how I did it...these PAL B737 guys must be real real good!!!
I learned also that they conduct the final check on this airport...it is like if you cannot land on that airport you cannot be a PAL 737 Captain.
One A330 guy flying overseas who came back to the Phils to fly the B737 just gave up on this airport & went back to the A330 overseas!!!
And then get paid the way they do?...Unbelievable!!!!!