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Sialkot International Airport

Airport serving Sialkot, Punjab

Field	Value
name	Sialkot International Airport
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image	Sialkot_Airport_Logo.jpg
image-width	250
image2	Sialkot Airport.jpg
image2-width	250
IATA	SKT
ICAO	OPST
type	Public
operator	Sialkot International Airport Limited
city-served	Sialkot
location	Sambrial, Sialkot-51070, Punjab
hub	AirSial
elevation-f	837
elevation-m	255
coordinates
website	[www.sial.com.pk](http://www.sial.com.pk)
r1-number	04/22
r1-length-f	11,811
r1-length-m	3,600
r1-surface	Asphalt
stat-year	2017-18
stat1-header	Passengers
stat1-data	790,043
stat4-header	Cargo handled
stat4-data	7,268 metric tons

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Sialkot International Airport is situated 14 km (8.7 mi) west of Sialkot in the Sialkot District of Pakistan. It is the first and only privately owned airport in Pakistan. It was built by the business community of Sialkot. Before the completion of the new green field Islamabad International Airport, it also had the longest runway in Pakistan.

Approximately 1,000,000 travellers from Sialkot and adjacent areas are expected to benefit from this international airport each year.

History

In January 2019, the inaugural Pakistan International Airlines flight from Paris via Barcelona touched down in Sialkot, linking the city to Europe for the first time.

Structure

Sialkot is a major export hub of Pakistan. The airport is being upgraded to make it capable of accommodating the load of ten Boeing 747s or A340s. The airport authority is currently collaborating with a private company to develop the airport to meet international standards and already has developed a new runway so heavier aircraft can land. Additionally, a new terminal is currently under construction to deal with an increase in passengers as well as cargo imports and exports.

The airport provides services of fuel farms, aircraft ground maintenance, catering and related services through concessions to private parties.

The runway is 3,600-metres long, and 45-metres wide with 7.5-metre wide shoulders on either side corresponding to International Civil Aviation Organisation Category 4E.

The link taxiway is 263 metres long and 23 metres wide with 10.5-metre shoulders.

It has aprons for passenger and cargo, 95,000-sq metre area. It is a combination of flexible and rigid pavements and also for nose-in parking for 7 wide bodied aircraft plus 4 ATR-42 aircraft at a time.

Two passenger boarding bridges have also become operational.

Airlines and destinations

References

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