Parachinar Airport
Parachinar Airport پاراچنار ہوائی اڈا | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | GoP Aviation Division | ||||||||||
| Operator | Pakistan Airports Authority | ||||||||||
| Serves | Parachinar-26300 | ||||||||||
| Location | Kurram District, Kohat Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | ||||||||||
| Closed | 2002 | ||||||||||
| Built | 1980s | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,800 ft / 1,768 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°54′09″N 70°04′17″E / 33.90250°N 70.07139°E | ||||||||||
| Website | caapakistan | ||||||||||
Interactive map of Parachinar Airport | |||||||||||
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| Sources: CAA AIP | |||||||||||
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.
The airport was built in the 1980s, following the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, to provide landing facilities for military aircraft.