Peshawar International Airport

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Peshawar International Airport
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IATA: PEW - ICAO: OPPS
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">Peshawar</td></tr>
Elevation AMSL		1,158 ft (353 m)
Coordinates		33°59′38″N, 71°30′53″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
17/35	9,000	2,743	Asphalt

Peshawar International Airport (IATA: PEW, ICAO: OPPS) is an airport located in the city of Peshawar in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Located about a 25 minute drive from the center of Peshawar, it is the 4th busiest airport in Pakistan.

1 Airfield Data
2 Airlines
3 Cargo Airlines
4 Charter Companies
5 Events
6 Contact Details
7 See also
8 External links

[edit] Airfield Data

No. of Runways: 1
- Maximum aircraft the runway can handle: Boeing 777
Cargo Facilities
Animal Quarantine

[edit] Airlines

Aero Asia International (Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Doha, Dubai, Karachi)
Airblue (Dubai, Karachi)
Emirates (Dubai)
Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi)
Gulf Air (Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Muscat)
Kuwait Airways (Kuwait City)
Pakistan International Airlines (Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Chitral, Dera Ismail Khan, Doha, Dubai, Islamabad, Jeddah, Kabul, Karachi, Kuwait, Lahore, Quetta, Riyadh, Saidu Sharif, Zhob)
Qatar Airways (Doha)
Shaheen Air International (Dubai, Karachi, Quetta)

[edit] Cargo Airlines

[edit] Charter Companies

Askari Aviation

[edit] Events

On October 23, 1986, a Pakistan International Airlines Fokker F-27 Friendship Mk 600 aircraft crashed during approach to Peshawar International Airport for landing. Fortunately 41 people survived the crash but 13 others, including 4 crew members, died in this accident. The aircraft registration was AP-AUX.