Quetta International Airport
airport in Pakistan
Quetta International Airport (Urdu کوئٹہ بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا) (Balochi: کویٹه میاناستمانی بالی پٹّ); (IATA: UET, ICAO: OPQT) is an international airport located at Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, Pakistan. It is the second largest airport in the south region of the country and the second largest for the province of Balochistan. It is situated 12 km south-west of the city, spread over an area of 35 acres (14 ha). Average scheduled flights were 1332, non-scheduled flights 247, and the total recorded passenger flow was 152,698 in 2007.
History
The airport is linked to local cities as well as central hubs domestically by several airlines. International services are at present carried out by the national flag carrier, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), flydubai, and Air Arabia, although the city has also been served by regional carriers like Iran Aseman Airlines and Ariana Afghan Airlines in the past.
The airport like many airports in pre-independence days were mainly a small airstrip offering air operations on behalf of the British Empire. After independence, the national flag carrier of Pakistan launched Karachi-Quetta-Lahore flights in 1954. This led to the development of a new runway that was constructed by a French company in 1958. Fokker F-27 Friendship flights initiated in 1964.
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