Long Beach Airstrip

The airstrip's existence was entirely dependent on the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant. It was built as a private, logistical airfield to support the plant's construction and planned operation. When the multi-billion dollar BNPP project was officially halted and the facility was never fueled or commissioned due to political, financial, and significant safety issues (including its location near a geologic fault line), the airstrip lost its sole purpose and was subsequently closed and abandoned.

The airstrip is currently defunct and non-operational for any form of aviation. The concrete runway remains largely intact but is in a state of decay, with significant cracking and vegetation overgrowth. The site is now part of the larger Bataan Technology Park, which was established on the land originally reserved for the BNPP. The abandoned runway is occasionally used for informal, non-aviation activities by locals, such as drag racing, car meets, and driver training.

The Long Beach Airstrip was a private airfield constructed in the late 1970s by Westinghouse Electric, the American contractor for the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant. Its primary and only function was to provide critical logistical support for the BNPP, which was the cornerstone of President Ferdinand Marcos's energy program. The airstrip facilitated the rapid transport of personnel (engineers, executives, VIPs) and high-value, time-sensitive equipment directly to the remote construction site in Morong. Its history is inextricably linked to the controversial BNPP project, a symbol of the Marcos era's debt-driven development and subsequent political fallout.

There are no known official plans or credible prospects for reopening the Long Beach Airstrip. The region's aviation needs are comprehensively served by the nearby Subic Bay International Airport (RPLB), a former US naval air station with extensive facilities. The economic and logistical case for rehabilitating this small, specialized airstrip is non-existent. Any future development of the site is tied to the master plan of the Bataan Technology Park or the recurring political debate over the potential rehabilitation of the nuclear power plant itself, neither of which includes reactivating the airstrip.