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Allama Iqbal International Airport
Lahore International Airport
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IATA: LHE - ICAO: OPLA
Summary

<tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Airport type</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">Public</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Operator</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Serves</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">Lahore</td></tr>

Elevation AMSL 698 ft (213 m)
Coordinates 31°31′17″N, 74°24′09″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18R/36L 9,000 2,900 Asphalt
18L/36R 11,024 3,310 Concrete

Allama Iqbal International Airport (IATA: LHE, ICAO: OPLA) is located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Formerly known as Lahore International Airport, it is named after Allama Iqbal who was a major proponent for the foundation of Pakistan. The Airport has 3 terminals, the Allama Iqbal terminal, the Hajj terminal, and a cargo terminal.

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[edit] Location

The airport is located about 15 km from the center of the city.

[edit] The Allama Iqbal International Complex

Recently, it has undergone a major renovation which has not only enlarged the airport, but also beautified it with the building of new terminals built to reflect the Mughal history of Lahore. Right now the airport gets an average of 75-80 flights each day, but the number of flights increases during the Hajj season and the airport handles about 3.58 million passengers per year

The brand new terminal includes many duty-free shops including restaurants, cafes, ice-cream parlours, confectionery shops, book and toy shops and a souvenir shop. There are many flat screen televisions that show live flight times in the national languages, Urdu and English. The airport has seven air-bridges that dock onto the aircraft during departures and arrivals at the terminal. The total parking spaces are 30. The airport can provide 22 parking spaces for commercial and jet aircraft.

Pakistan International Airlines is a major airline that flies out of Lahore as the flag carrier of Pakistan and uses the airport as a hub only second to Jinnah International Airport. Other Pakistani airlines that operate out of Lahore daily are Aero Asia International, Airblue, and Shaheen Air International. Soon, Safe Air and Pearl Air will be using the airport as an important hub.

[edit] The Hajj Terminal

Image:LHEArrivals.jpeg The Hajj terminal is part of the old airport. It is used every year by Pakistan International Airlines for Hajj Operations to take the people who are going on Hajj to The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia. However, negotiations are underway to allow the private airline to use the terminal as well.

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[edit] Cargo Airlines

Image:Lahore airport galleryfull.jpeg

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[edit] The CIP / VIP Lounge

Image:CIP-Lahore-57355.JPG The use of the CIP lounge is available to only first class and business class passengers travelling on most airlines arriving at the airport.

There are many banks at Allama Iqbal Airport, Lahore including:

  • Askari Commercial Bank
  • Standard Chartered Bank
  • Union Bank
  • ABN AMRO Bank

Inorder to access the CIP lounge, Passengers travelling in first and business class must be issused a card from Check-in. It costs approx. 6 dollars per passenger to gain access to the lounge.

The CIP lounge has over 20 items, television, newspapers, magazines, telephones, fax machines and free Internet.

[edit] The Runways

Image:Lahore-PIA-747-TakeOff-80375.JPG There are 2 runways at Allama Iqbal International Airport:

  • Runway 18L/36R (3,310 meters long, 46 meters wide)
  • Runway 18R/36L (2,900 meters long, 46 meters wide)

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