Muzaffarabad Airport  مظفر آباد ہوائی اڈا Muz̤afar Ābād Havā'ī Aḍā | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Defunct | ||||||||||
| Operator | Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority | ||||||||||
| Location | Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan | ||||||||||
| Closed | October 2005 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,691 ft / 820 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°20′21″N73°30′31″E / 34.33917°N 73.50861°E | ||||||||||
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  MFG  MFG | |||||||||||
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Muzaffarabad Airport( IATA : MFG, ICAO : OPMF) is a non-operational domestic airport, located in Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. [1] [2]
There are no scheduled flights to this airport. The last time it saw a reasonable amount of traffic was during the rescue operations immediately after the Muzaffarabad earthquake in 2005. [3]
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