Bacha Khan International Airport

Bacha Khan International Airport
باچا خان بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا
باچا خان نړیوال هوايي ډګر
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner GoP Aviation Division
OperatorPakistan Airports Authority
ServesPeshawar-24820
LocationPeshawar District, Khyber Pakhtunkwa, Pakistan
Opened1927 (1927)
Elevation AMSL1,211 ft / 369 m
Coordinates33°59′38″N 71°30′52″E / 33.99389°N 71.51444°E / 33.99389; 71.51444
Websitewww.peshawarairport.com.pk
Maps
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Location of airport in Pakistan
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OPPS (Pakistan)
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Interactive map of Bacha Khan International Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 9,000 2,743 Bitumen
Statistics (July 2024 – June 2025)
Passengers1,161,063 8.51%
Aircraft movements6,920 8.50%
Cargo handled9,514 Metric Tons 14.37%
Source: Statistics from the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority

Bacha Khan International Airport (IATA: PEW, ICAO: OPPS), formerly known as Peshawar International Airport, is an international airport located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Located on the southwestern end of the city of Peshawar, it is the fourth-busiest airport in Pakistan.

One of the main runways of the airport is crossed by a railway line known as the Khyber train safari, which runs to the town of Landi Kotal in the Khyber Pass for the express purpose of tourism. The airport was renamed on 27 January 2012 after Abdul Ghaffar Khan (nicknamed Bacha Khan), leader of the Khudai Khidmatgar and a prominent Pashtun nationalist figure. The airport was extensively reconstructed from 2016 to 2018.