Parachinar Airport

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Parachinar Airport
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پاراچنار ہوائی اڈا
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner GoP Aviation Division
Operator Pakistan Airports Authority
Serves Parachinar-26300
Location Kurram District, Kohat Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Closed2002
Built1980s
Elevation  AMSL 5,800 ft / 1,768 m
Coordinates 33°54′09″N70°04′17″E / 33.90250°N 70.07139°E / 33.90250; 70.07139
Website caapakistan.com.pk
Parachinar Airport
Interactive map of Parachinar Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
16/344,0001,219 Bitumen
Sources: CAA AIP [1]

Parachinar Airport( IATA : PAJ, ICAO : OPPC) is a defunct airport located in Parachinar, in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Located at about a 25-minute drive from the centre 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. [2]

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The airport was built in the 1980s, following the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, to provide landing facilities for military aircraft. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "eAIP-Aerodomes-Parachinar". Pre-bifurcation Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority Website. Archived from the original on 2023-07-24.
  2. ↑ Ashraf, Syed Irfan (9 November 2011). "The Kurram blockade". Dawn.
  3. ↑ Ali, Zulfiqar (17 January 2008). "Airfield in Wana, Miramshah upgraded". Dawn (newspaper).



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