Jinnah International Airport

Jinnah International Airport Quaid-e-Azam International Airport Karachi International Airport
IATA: KHI ICAO: OPKC
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority
Serves	Karachi, Sindh
Elevation AMSL	100 ft / 30 m
Coordinates	24°54′24″N 067°09′39″E
Website	www.karachiairport.com.pk
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07R/25L 3,400 11,155 Concrete 07L/25R 3,200 10,500 Concrete

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.

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.
• 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

References

• Authorized Flight Permit Agent For Pakistan Overflight Permit
• Flight Dispatch Center
• OPIS ISB Islamabad Airport Data
• OPRN Rawalpindi Airport Data
• OPKC KHI Karachi Airport Data
• OPLA LHE Lahore Airport Data
• OPRK RYK Rahim Yar Khan Airport Data

Other websites

• Official Website of Jinnah International Airport
• Old Official Website
• Pakistani Aviation Archived 2021-07-31 at the Wayback Machine