Benazirabad Airport | |
Nativename: | Nawabshah Airport |
Caption: | Benazirabad Airport |
Iata: | WNS |
Icao: | OPNH |
Type: | Public/military |
Operator: | Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority and Pakistan Air Force |
Location: | Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan |
Metric-Elev: | y |
Elevation-M: | 29 |
Elevation-F: | 95 |
Coordinates: | 26.2194°N 68.39°W |
Mapframe: | yes |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 02/20 |
R1-Length-M: | 2,743 |
R1-Length-F: | 8,999 |
R1-Surface: | Concrete |
Benazirabad Airport (Formally Nawabshah Airport) is an airport located about southwest of Nawabshah, a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh. It has one runway, which has a length of . Built by the British Raj, Benazirabad Airport does not handle any scheduled passenger flights, but it has been used as a diversion airport. It is also used by the Pakistan Air Force.
The airport dates to the time of the British Raj. In the early 1960s, a concrete runway was laid. A new terminal building was completed in October 1992, and a new apron and runway were commissioned in 1998.[1]
Nawabshah Airport does not receive any scheduled flights as of November 2016.[2] It has been used as a diversion airport for aircraft suffering mechanical problems or when Jinnah International Airport in Karachi is closed, during the 2014 Jinnah International Airport attack for example.[3] [4] [5] In addition, the Pakistan Air Force operates at the airport alongside the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority.
Nawabshah Airport covers and has a concrete runway, 02/20, with dimensions 2743x.[6] It cannot handle instrument landing system approaches.