List of Pakistan Air Force bases

Last updated April 08, 2024

This is a list of air bases of the Pakistan Air Force. There are a total of 40 air bases, which are classified into two categories: flying bases and non-flying bases. Flying bases are operational bases from which aircraft operate during peacetime and wartime; whereas non-flying bases conduct either training, administration, maintenance, or mission support.^[1]

Flying Bases (Major Operational Bases)

Number	Air Base	Location	Command	Wing	Squadron	Aircraft
1.	PAF Base Masroor ^[2]	Karachi	Southern Air Command	No. 32 (Tactical Attack) Wing	No. 22 OCU No. 4 EW No. 7 TA No. 8 TA No. 84 SAR	Mirage IIIEP/RP Shaanxi Y-8#Variants/ ZDK-03 AEW&C Karakoram Eagle Mirage-IIIEA ROSE-I JF-17 Block III AW-139 Seahawk
2.	PAF Base Shahbaz ^[1]	Jacobabad	Southern Air Command	No. 39 (Tactical) Wing	No. 2 MR, No. 5 MR No. 11 MR No. 88 SAR	JF-17 Block 2 F-16 C/D Block 52+ F-16 A/B Block 15 Leonardo AW-139
3.	PAF Base Samungli ^[2]	Quetta	Southern Air Command	No. 31 (Air Superiority) Wing	No. 28 MR No. 85 SAR	JF-17 Thunder Alouette III
4.	PAF Base Bholari	Bholari, Jamshoro	Southern Air Command	No. 41 (Tactical) Wing	No. 19 OCU, No. 18 OCU, No.53 AEW&C	F-16 A/B Block 15 ADF JF-17 A/B Block 2 Saab 2000 Erieye
5.	PAF Base Faisal	Karachi	Southern Air Command	No. 40 (Air Mobility) Wing	No. 21 ATS	C-130
6.	PAF Base Mushaf	Sargodha	Central Air Command	No. 38 (Tactical) Wing	No. 9 MR No. 24 EW CCS F-16 CCS F-7 CCS Mirage CCS JF-17 No. 29 MR No. 82 SAR	F-16 A/B Falcon 20 F/G F-16 A/B F-7P Mirage 5PA JF-17 Thunder F-16 A/B Alouette III
7.	PAF Base Rafiqui ^[2]	Shorkot	Central Air Command	No. 34 (Tactical Attack) Wing	No. 14 AS No. 50 TA No. 25 TA No. 27 TA No. 83 SAR	JF -17 A Dassault Mirage-III Mirage 5 ROSE-II Mirage ROSE-III Alouette III
8.	PAF Base Peshawar ^[3]	Peshawar	Northern Air Command	No. 36 (Tactical Attack) Wing	No. 26 MR No. 17 AS No. 81 SAR	JF-17 Block III F-7PG Alouette III
9.	PAF Base M.M. Alam	Mianwali	Northern Air Command	No. 37 (Combat Training) Wing	No. 1 FCU No. 20 OCU No. 86 SAR	K-8P F-7PG, FT-7P Alouette III
10.	PAF Base Minhas ^[2]^[1]	Kamra, Attock	Northern Air Command	No. 33 (Tactical) Wing	No. 15 MR No. 16 OCU No. 3 EW No. 87 SAR	J-10 CE JF-17 Block III Saab 2000 Erieye Alouette III, Mi-171Sh
11.	PAF Base Nur Khan	Rawalpindi	Northern Air Command	No. 35 (Composite Air Transport) Wing	No. 6 ATS No. 10 No. 12 VIP No. 41 VIP No. 52	C-130 IL-78 Gulf Stream IV Embraer Phenom 100, Cessna, Beech, Y-12, CN-235-220
12.	PAF Academy Asghar Khan	Risalpur	Northern Air Command	(Flying Training) Wing	PFT BFT AJT Sherdils	Mushshak T-37 K-8 K-8

Flying Base (Forward Operational Bases)


Number	Air Base	Location	Command
1.	PAF Base Murid	Chakwal	Northern Air Command
2.	PAF Base Sukkur	Sukkur	Southern Air Command
3.	PAF Base Farid	Rajanpur	Central Air Command
4.	PAF Base Multan	Multan	Central Air Command
5.	PAF Base Talhar	Badin	Southern Air Command
6.	PAF Base Sindhri	Mirpur Khas	Southern Air Command
7.	PAF Base Nawabshah	Shaheed Benazirabad District	Southern Air Command
8.	PAF Base Qadri	Skardu	Northern Air Command
9.	PAF Base Risalewala	Faisalabad	Central Air Command
10.	PAF Base Chandhar	Gujranwala	Central Air Command
11.	PAF Base Vehari	Vehari	Central Air Command
12.	PAF Base Rahimyar Khan	Rahimyar Khan	Central Air Command
13	PAF Base Pasni	Pasni, Gwadar	Southern Air Command
14	PAF Base Gwadar	Gwadar	Southern Air Command
15.	PAF Base Lahore	Lahore	Central Air Command
16.	PAF Base Islamabad	Islamabad	Northern Air Command
17.	PAF Base Karachi	Karachi	Southern Air Command
18.	PAF Base Bahawalpur	Bahawalpur	Central Air Command

Non-flying bases

Air Base	Location	Command
PAF Base Korangi Creek ^[1]	Karachi	Southern Air Command
PAF Base Malir	Karachi	Southern Air Command
PAF Camp Badaber	Peshawar	Northern Air Command
PAF Base Lahore	Lahore	Central Air Command
PAF Base Lower Topa^[1]	Murree	Northern Air Command
PAF Base Sakesar	Sakesar	Central Air Command
PAF Base Kohat	Kohat	Northern Air Command
PAF Base Kalabagh	Nathia Gali	Northern Air Command
PAF Base Kallar Kahar	Kallar Kahar	Northern Air Command
Chilas Airfield	Chilas	Northern Air Command
Shamsi Airfield	Washuk District	Southern Air Command
Ghazi Airbase	Tarbela	Central Air Command
PAF Base Ormara	Ormara, Gwadar	Southern Air Command
Miranshah Airfield	North Waziristan District	Northern Air Command
PAF Base Khalid	Quetta	Southern Air Command
Dhamial Airbase	Dhamial	Northern Air Command
PAF Base Bhagtanwala	Sargodha	Central Air Command

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References

1 2 3 4 5 Pakistan Air Force Bases - list GlobalSecurity.org website, Retrieved 7 March 2022
1 2 3 4 List of Pakistan Air Force Bases nuke.fas.org website, Published 13 February 2000, Retrieved 7 March 2022
↑ Active PAF Bases Pakistan Air Force website, Retrieved 7 March 2022

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[GS-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Pakistan Air Force Bases - list GlobalSecurity.org website, Retrieved 7 March 2022

[fas-2] 1 2 3 4 List of Pakistan Air Force Bases nuke.fas.org website, Published 13 February 2000, Retrieved 7 March 2022

[3] Active PAF Bases Pakistan Air Force website, Retrieved 7 March 2022

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