Jinnah International Airport
Jinnah International Airport (previously Quaid-e-Azam International Airport) (IATA: KHI, ICAO: OPKC) is Pakistan's largest international and domestic airport. It is located in Karachi, in Sindh, and is also commonly known as the Jinnah Terminal.
| Jinnah International Airport Quaid-e-Azam International Airport Karachi International Airport | |||
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| IATA: KHI – ICAO: OPKC | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner/Operator | Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority | ||
| Serves | Karachi, Sindh | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 100 ft / 30 m | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 07R/25L | 3,400 | 11,155 | Concrete |
| 07L/25R | 3,200 | 10,500 | Concrete |
Events
- On 7 April 1929, Karachi airport became the first airport in British India to be used for a commercial flight, when an aircraft landed with mail going to Bombay.[1]
- On 19 August 1980, Saudia Flight 163 flew from Karachi to Riyadh for its first leg. When the aircraft started its second leg to Jeddah, a fire ignited. The plane landed and everyone died.
- A Pan Am Boeing 747 named the Clipper Empress of the Seas, called Pan Am Flight 73, was hijacked on 5 September 1986. Twenty people were killed when the airplane was hijacked on the ground in Karachi, Pakistan.
- 22 May 2020, Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303
Jinnah International Airport Media
Interior of the terminal of the Jinnah Int. Airport in Karachi, Pakistan
Aerial view of Jinnah International Airport taken in 2010
