Parachinar Airport (IATA: PAJ, ICAO: OPPC) is an airport located in Parachinar, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Located at about a 25-minute drive from the center of Parachinar, it used to be the only airport in the former FATA region that was served by any passenger airline, namely Pakistan International Airlines. The PIA service to the airport used to be intermittently suspended for varying durations.

The airport was built in the 1980s, following the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, to provide military landing facilities.

Airfield data

• Runway 1: Aircraft size max: Airbus A330
• Cargo Facilities: Animal Quarantine

See also

• List of airports in Pakistan
• Airlines of Pakistan
• Transport in Pakistan
• Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority

External links

• Parachinar Airport data at Executive Air International Services