Pakistan
Punjab
Rawalpindi District

Benazir Bhutto Air Base

Benazir Bhutto International Airport is 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: “Chaklala Airbase”, “Chaklala Airport”, “ISB (old)”, “Islamabad airport”, and “OPRN”
  • Historically known as: “Benazir Bhutto International Airport” and “Islamabad International Airport”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chaklala railway station and Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology.

Railway station
Photo: Gh. H Blogger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway terminal located at the convergence of and , . Constructed in 1879 during the British Raj, the station serves as a secondary hub for the twin cities, often utilized by passengers seeking to bypass the congestion of the main .

Hospital
is a non-profit tertiary level cardiac hospital located on Rawal Road in , of the province of Pakistan.

Hospital building
, also known as the Rawalpindi General Hospital, is a teaching hospital located on the Murree Road, , . It is a major teaching hospital offering basic specialties as well as psychiatry, orthopedics, urology and cardiology. is situated 3 km northwest of Benazir Bhutto Air Base.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Khurram Colony and Shakrial.

Suburb
is a neighborhood and a Union Council of Rawalpindi City of in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located adjacent to the neighborhoods of Muslim Town, and runs along the southern side of Haji Chowk to the Jaahaz Ground Shop.

Suburb
is a town in , . It is linked in the east to Kuri Road and the area of Dhoke Kashmirian, in the west to Chirah Road, in the north to Service Road and the area of , and in the south to Expressway Islamabad. is situated 2½ km north of Benazir Bhutto Air Base.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood locality and a Union Council Of Rawalpindi City of in , Pakistan. It is located close to the capital city . 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 إسلام آباد الدولي”
  • 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: “貝娜齊爾·布托國際機場”
  • 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”
  • German: “Flughafen Benazir Bhutto International”
  • German: “Flughafen Islamabad”
  • 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”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Benazir Bhutto” (historical)
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Islamabad”
  • Indonesian: “Bandara Internasional Islamabad”
  • Indonesian: “ISB”
  • Indonesian: “OPRN”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Chaklala International”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale Benazir Bhutto” (historical)
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale di Benazir Bhutto”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale di Islamabad”
  • Italian: “Benazir Bhutto International Airport”
  • Italian: “Islamabad International Airport”
  • Japanese: “OPRN”
  • Japanese: “イスラマバード国際空港”
  • Japanese: “チャッカラ-イスラマバード国際空港”
  • Japanese: “チャッカラ空港”
  • Japanese: “ベナジル・ブット国際空港”
  • Korean: “베나지르 부토 국제공항”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Chaklala”
  • Marathi: “इस्लामाबाद आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ”
  • Marathi: “बेनझीर भुट्टो आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ”
  • Nepali: “बेनजीर भुट्टो अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Benazir Bhutto internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “ISB”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “OPRN”
  • Norwegian: “Benazir Bhutto internasjonale lufthavn” (historical)
  • Panjabi: “ਇਸਲਾਮਾਬਾਦ ਅੰਤਰਰਾਸ਼ਟਰੀ ਹਵਾਈ ਅੱਡਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਬੇਨਜ਼ੀਰ ਭੁੱਟੋ ਅੰਤਰਰਾਸ਼ਟਰੀ ਹਵਾਈ ਅੱਡਾ”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی بینظیر بوتو”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Islamabad”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional Benazir Bhutto” (historical)
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Benazir Bhutto”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Benazir Bhutto”
  • Russian: “Исламабад (аэропорт)”
  • Russian: “Исламабад”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт имени Беназир Бхутто”
  • Sindhi: “بينظير ڀٽو انٽرنيشنل ايئرپورٽ”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Benazir Bhutto”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Islamabad”
  • Spanish: “ISB”
  • Spanish: “OPRN”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional Benazir Bhutto” (historical)
  • Swahili: “ISB”
  • Swahili: “OPRN”
  • Swahili: “Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Benazir Bhutto”
  • Swahili: “Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Islamabad”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Байн‌алмиллалии Беназир Бҳутто”
  • Ukrainian: “Міжнародний аеропорт імені Беназір Бхутто”
  • Urdu: “اسلام آباد بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈہ”
  • Urdu: “بینظیر بھٹو بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Benazir Bhutto”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Islamabad”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Benazir Bhutto”
  • Western Panjabi: “بینظیر بھٹو انٹرنیشنل ایئر پورٹ”
  • Western Panjabi: “راولپنڈی انٹرنیشنل ایئر پورٹ”

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