Benazirabad Airport
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Benazirabad Airport (Formally Nawabshah Airport) (Template:Comma separated entries) is an airport located about Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of Nawabshah, a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh. It has one runway, which has a length of Script error: No such module "convert".. Built by the British Raj, Benazirabad Airport does not handle any scheduled passenger flights, but it has been used as a diversion airport. It is also used by the Pakistan Air Force.
History
The airport dates to the time of the British Raj. In the early 1960s, a concrete runway was laid. A new terminal building was completed in October 1992, and a new apron and runway were commissioned in 1998.[1]
Nawabshah Airport does not receive any scheduled flights as of November 2016.[2] It has been used as a diversion airport for aircraft suffering mechanical problems or when Jinnah International Airport in Karachi is closed, for example due to weather conditions, or during the 2014 Jinnah International Airport attack by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan terrorists.[3][4][5] In addition, the Pakistan Air Force operates at the airport alongside the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority.[1]
Infrastructure
Nawabshah Airport covers Script error: No such module "convert". and has a concrete runway, 02/20, with dimensions Script error: No such module "convert"..[1][6] It cannot handle instrument landing system approaches.[6]
See also
References
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External links
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