Chitral
Chitral Airport is a small domestic airport situated 2 NM north of the city centre of Chitral, in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. In March 2025, Pakistan International Airlines, the national flag carrier, stated that it would resume, after a gap of about three years, flights between Chitral and Islamabad from April 5 initially once a week.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Also known as: “Chitral Airfield”, “Chitral Airport”, “CJL”, and “OPCH”
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Chitral
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Chitral is a city situated on the Chitral River in the northern area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It serves as the capital of the Lower Chitral District, and was previously the capital of Chitral District, and before that the capital of Chitral princely state.
Chitral
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Chitral District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.88634° or 35° 53′ 11″ northLongitude
71.79988° or 71° 47′ 60″ eastElevation
1,488 metres (4,882 feet)IATA airport code
CJLICAO airport code
OPCHOpen location code
8J7HVQPX+GXOpenStreetMap ID
way 218813145OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Western Panjabi—“Chitral” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “吉德拉尔机场”
- Chinese: “吉德拉爾機場”
- Chinese: “奇特拉尔机场”
- Chinese: “奇特拉爾”
- Chinese: “奇特拉爾機場”
- Chinese: “契特拉机场”
- Chinese: “契特拉機場”
- French: “aéroport de Chitral”
- French: “Aéroport de Chitral”
- French: “CJL”
- German: “Flughafen Chitral”
- Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Chitral”
- Indonesian: “CJL”
- Indonesian: “OPCH”
- Italian: “aeroporto di Chitral”
- Japanese: “チトラル”
- Japanese: “チトラル空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Chitral”
- Persian: “فرودگاه چیترال”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Czitral”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Chitral”
- Russian: “Аэродром Читрал”
- Russian: “Читрал”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Читрал”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи читрол”
- Urdu: “چترال ہوائی اڈا”
- Vietnamese: “Sân bay Chitral”
- Western Panjabi: “چترال ایئر پورٹ”
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