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Parachinar Airport

Summary

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]

Parachinar International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorPakistan Civil Aviation Authority
LocationParachinar
Elevation AMSL5,800 ft / 1,768 m
Coordinates33°54′10″N 70°04′17″E / 33.90278°N 70.07139°E / 33.90278; 70.07139
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 3,999 1,219 Bitumen

The airport was built in the 1980s, following the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, to provide military landing facilities.[2]

Airfield data edit

  • Runway 1: Aircraft size max: Airbus A330
  • Cargo Facilities: Animal Quarantine

See also edit

External links edit

  • Parachinar Airport data at Executive Air International Services

References edit

  1. ^ Ashraf, Syed Irfan (9 November 2011). "The Kurram blockade". Dawn.
  2. ^ Ali, Zulfiqar (17 January 2008). "Airfield in Wana, Miramshah upgraded". Dawn (newspaper).