Benazir Bhutto International Airport

Benazir Bhutto International Airport

بینظیر بھٹو بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈے
Benazir Bhutto International Airport; ; بینظیر بھٹو بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈے
	View of the tarmac in 2011
	IATA: none; ICAO: OPRN;
Summary
Airport type	Defunct
Owner	Pakistan
Operator	Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority
Serves	Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area
Location	Chaklala, Rawalpindi-46210
Opened	1930 (as RAF Chaklala)
Closed	3 May 2018
Elevation AMSL	508 m / 1,667 ft
Coordinates	33°36′59″N 073°05′57″E / 33.61639°N 73.09917°E
Map
	OPRN Location in Pakistan
Runways

Benazir Bhutto International Airport (Urdu: بینظیر بھٹو بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈے, ICAO: OPRN) is an airport which formerly served the Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area. It was the second-largest airport by air traffic in Pakistan, until 12 May 2021 when it was replaced by the new Islamabad International Airport. Also known as Chaklala Airbase, it was renamed after the late Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto (1953–2007) in June 2008.^[1] The airport handled 4,767,860 passengers in 2015–16,^[2] compared to 3,610,566 in 2010–11.^[3]

The airport was located in the area of Chaklala in Rawalpindi, which neighbours Islamabad. Following the establishment of the new Islamabad International Airport, the airport is no longer used for civil aviation and now forms a part of the adjoining PAF Base Nur Khan (also known as PAF Base Chaklala).

^ "PM names Islamabad Airport as Benazir Bhutto International Airport – GEO.tv". Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
^ "Major traffic flows by airports during the year (provisional data)" (PDF). Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority. July 2015 – June 2016.
^ "Major traffic flows by airports during the year (provisional data)" (PDF). Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority. July 2010 – June 2011.

[1] "PM names Islamabad Airport as Benazir Bhutto International Airport – GEO.tv". Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.

[2] "Major traffic flows by airports during the year (provisional data)" (PDF). Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority. July 2015 – June 2016.

[3] "Major traffic flows by airports during the year (provisional data)" (PDF). Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority. July 2010 – June 2011.

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