Hyderabad Airport (Sindh)

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Hyderabad Airport
حيدرآباد ھوائي اڏو
حیدرآباد ہوائی اڈا
Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority
Serves Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan
Closed2013
Elevation  AMSL 135 ft / 41 m
Coordinates 25°19′06″N068°22′00″E / 25.31833°N 68.36667°E / 25.31833; 68.36667
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Hyderabad Airport (Sindh)
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Direction LengthSurface
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02/202,1326,997Paved

The Hyderabad Airport( IATA : HDD, ICAO : OPKD) is a domestic airport in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. It is very close to the Pakistan Army's Sindh Regimental Centre and the HDA Kohsar Housing Society. The airport has been closed to commercial traffic as of 2013. [1]

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History

Hyderabad Airport was closed to commercial traffic in 1998. [1] It reopened on 19 August 2008 with Pakistan International Airlines announcing twice-weekly flights to Islamabad and Lahore via Nawabshah. [2]

However, the airport was closed again to commercial traffic in 2013 due to financial losses and other reasons. [1] [3]

Events

On 25 May 1998, PIA Flight 544 was a flight that was hijacked in Turbat by insurgents, who ordered the pilot to fly to India. The plane was diverted and landed at the at Hyderabad Airport where the final standoff between the hijackers and the security forces took place. [4] The three hijackers were captured after military personnel stormed the aircraft. The three were sentenced to death for the hijacking and eventually executed in 2015. [5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Altaf, Anjum (2013-07-16). "Curious case of Hyderabad". Dawn . Retrieved 2022-07-10.
  2. ↑ "HYDERABAD: Hyderabad airport to reopen on 19th". DAWN.COM. 2008-08-02. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  3. ↑ "Hyderabad Airport closure imperils exports". 24 News HD. 2021-01-06. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  4. ↑ Baloch, Shah Meer. "The Fallout From Pakistan's Nuclear Tests". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  5. ↑ "Pakistan hangs Baloch insurgents behind 1998 plane hijacking". BBC News. 2015-05-28. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
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