Pakistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Kurram District

Parachinar Airport

Parachinar Airport is a defunct located in , in 's province. Located at about a 25-minute drive from the centre of , it used to be the only airport in the former FATA region that was served by any passenger airline, namely Pakistan International Airlines.
Tap on a place
to explore it
Wikipedia
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Pakistan
  • Also known as: “OPPC” and “PAJ”

Parachinar Airport

Latitude
33.90237° or 33° 54′ 9″ north
Longitude
70.07158° or 70° 4′ 18″ east
Elevation
1,753 metres (5,751 feet)
Operator
Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority
IATA airport code
PAJ
ICAO airport code
OPPC
United Nations Location Code
PK PAJ
Open location code
8J5GW32C+WJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 857650075
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
1343232
Wiki­data ID
Q2985188
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Parachinar Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Western Panjabi—“Parachinar Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Parachinar Airport”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Parachinar”
  • Indonesian: “OPPC”
  • Indonesian: “PAJ”
  • Japanese: “パラチナル空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Parachinar”
  • Persian: “OPPC”
  • Persian: “PAJ”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه پاراچنار”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Parachinar”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Parachinar”
  • Russian: “Аэропорт Парачинар”
  • Russian: “Парачинар”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи порочнор”
  • Urdu: “پارا چنار ہوائی اڈا”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Parachinar”
  • Western Panjabi: “پارا چنار ایئر پورٹ”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Malana and Shalozan.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Punjab Bazar and Zurkey Collony.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Peshawar, Khyber Pass, Abbottabad, and Mardan.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Parachinar Airport”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.