Parachinar Airport
Airport in Parachinar
33°54′10″N 70°04′17″E / 33.90278°N 70.07139°E / 33.90278; 70.07139| Direction | Length | Surface | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ft | m | ||
| 16/34 | 3,999 | 1,219 | Bitumen |
Parachinar Airport (IATA: PAJ, ICAO: OPPC) is an airport located in Parachinar, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Located at about a 25-minute drive from the center of Parachinar, it used to be the only airport in the former FATA region that was served by any passenger airline, namely Pakistan International Airlines. The PIA service to the airport used to be intermittently suspended for varying durations.[1]
The airport was built in the 1980s, following the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, to provide military landing facilities.[2]
Airfield data
- Runway 1: Aircraft size max: Airbus A330
- Cargo Facilities: Animal Quarantine
See also
- List of airports in Pakistan
- Airlines of Pakistan
- Transport in Pakistan
- Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority
External links
- Parachinar Airport data at Executive Air International Services
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Airports in Pakistan (statistics)
- Allama Iqbal International Airport
- Bahawalpur Airport
- Chashma Airport
- Dera Ghazi Khan Airport
- Faisalabad International Airport
- Gurha Salim Airport
- Mangla Airport
- Multan International Airport
- Shaikh Zayed International Airport
- Sialkot Cantonment Airport
- Sialkot International Airport
- Tarbela Dam Airport
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