Benazir Bhutto Air Base

Benazir Bhutto International Airport was an airport which formerly served the Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area. It was the second-largest airport by air traffic in , until 1 May 2018 when it was replaced by the new .
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  • Type: Airbase
  • Description: defunct airport in Pakistan, formerly serving the Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area; replaced by the new Islamabad International Airport in 2018
  • Also known as: “Aeroporto Chaklala International”, “Aeroporto Internazionale di Benazir Bhutto”, “Aeroporto Internazionale di Islamabad”, “Aeroportul Benazir Bhutto”, “Aeropuerto Benazir Bhutto”, “Aeropuerto Internacional de Islamabad”, “Bandar udara internasional benazir bhutto”, “Bandar Udara Internasional Islamabad”, “Bandara Internasional Islamabad”, “Chaklala Airbase”, “Chaklala Airport”, “Flughafen Benazir Bhutto International”, “Flughafen Islamabad”, “ISB”, “ISB (old)”, “Islamabad airport”, “OPRN”, “Sân bay quốc tế Islamabad”, “Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Islamabad”, “اسلام آباد بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈہ”, “مطار إسلام آباد الدولي”, “इस्लामाबाद आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ”, “ਇਸਲਾਮਾਬਾਦ ਅੰਤਰਰਾਸ਼ਟਰੀ ਹਵਾਈ ਅੱਡਾ”, “イスラマバード国際空港”, “チャッカラ-イスラマバード国際空港”, “チャッカラ空港”, and “貝娜齊爾·布托國際機場”
  • Historically known as: “Benazir Bhutto International Airport” and “Islamabad International Airport”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Chaklala railway station and Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology.

Railway station
Photo: Gh. H Blogger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway terminal located…

Hospital
is a non-profit…

Hospital building
, also known as the Rawalpindi… is situated 3 km northwest of Benazir Bhutto Air Base.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Khuram Colony and Shakrial.

Suburb
Khurram Colony is a neighborhood and a Union Council…

Suburb
is a town in , . is situated 2½ km north of Benazir Bhutto Air Base.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood locality and a Union… is situated 3½ km northwest of Benazir Bhutto Air Base.

Benazir Bhutto Air Base

Latitude
33.61667° or 33° 37′ north
Longitude
73.1° or 73° 6′ east
Elevation
507 metres (1,663 feet)
IATA airport code
ISB
ICAO airport code
OPRN
Open location code
8J5MJ38X+MX
Geo­Names ID
6300119
Wiki­data ID
Q816717
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Benazir Bhutto Air Base” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار بينظير بوتو الدولي”
  • Belarusian: “Міжнародны аэрапорт імя Беназір Бхута”
  • Bengali: “বেনজির ভুট্টো আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর”
  • Cebuano: “Benazir Bhutto International Airport”
  • Chinese: “伊斯兰堡贝娜齐尔·布托国际机场”
  • Chinese: “贝娜齐尔·布托国际机场”
  • Dotyali: “बेनजीर भुट्टो अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थल”
  • Dutch: “Benazir Bhutto International Airport”
  • Esperanto: “Internacia Flughaveno Benazir Bhutto”
  • French: “aéroport international Benazir-Bhutto”
  • French: “Base Aérienne Benazir Bhutto”
  • French: “Aéroport international Benazir Bhutto” (historical)
  • German: “Benazir Bhutto International Airport”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבין-לאומי בנזיר בהוטו”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי בנזיר בוטו”
  • Hindi: “बेनज़ीर भुट्टो अंतर्राष्ट्रीय हवाई अड्डा”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Benazir Bhutto” (historical)
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale Benazir Bhutto” (historical)
  • Japanese: “ベナジル・ブット国際空港”
  • Korean: “베나지르 부토 국제공항”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Chaklala”
  • Marathi: “बेनझीर भुट्टो आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ”
  • Nepali: “बेनजीर भुट्टो अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Benazir Bhutto internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Norwegian: “Benazir Bhutto internasjonale lufthavn” (historical)
  • Panjabi: “ਬੇਨਜ਼ੀਰ ਭੁੱਟੋ ਅੰਤਰਰਾਸ਼ਟਰੀ ਹਵਾਈ ਅੱਡਾ”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی بینظیر بوتو”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Islamabad”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional Benazir Bhutto” (historical)
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Benazir Bhutto”
  • Russian: “Исламабад (аэропорт)”
  • Russian: “Исламабад”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт имени Беназир Бхутто”
  • Sindhi: “بينظير ڀٽو انٽرنيشنل ايئرپورٽ”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional Benazir Bhutto” (historical)
  • Swahili: “Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Benazir Bhutto”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Байн‌алмиллалии Беназир Бҳутто”
  • Ukrainian: “Міжнародний аеропорт імені Беназір Бхутто”
  • Urdu: “بینظیر بھٹو بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Benazir Bhutto”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Benazir Bhutto”
  • Western Panjabi: “بینظیر بھٹو انٹرنیشنل ایئر پورٹ”
  • Western Panjabi: “راولپنڈی انٹرنیشنل ایئر پورٹ”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Gangāl and Dhok Gangal.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Pakistan Air Force Chaklala and Chaklaba Railway Station.

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