# Bahawalpur Airport (BHV / OPBW)

**Bahawalpur Airport** (IATA: BHV, ICAO: OPBW) is a medium airport in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. It opened in 1986. It has one runway, 2,848 m (9,345 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/opbw

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BHV / OPBW
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority
- Serves: Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
- Opened: 1986
- Elevation: 120 m / 392 ft
- Coordinates: 29.3481, 71.7180
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,848 m / 9,345 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5 · Asia/Karachi
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahawalpur_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2237440
- Weather station: OPBW
- Ident: OPBW

## Timeline

- 1986: Bahawalpur Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,848 m / 9,345 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 079° / 259° |  |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [ISB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opis.md) Islamabad International Airport · Pakistan · 479 km / 298 mi · South Air
- [KHI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opkc.md) Jinnah International Airport · Pakistan · 669 km / 416 mi · South Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BHV, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- [South Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/south-air) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,848 m / 9,345 ft | #1,560 of 29,858 | #444 in Asia | #18 in PK |
| Elevation | 120 m / 392 ft | =29,264 of 43,403 | #1,616 in Asia | #70 in PK |
| Age | Opened 1986 | =9,000 of 15,079 | =431 in Asia | #10 in PK |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =17 in PK |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GND | GND | 121.800 |
| TWR | TWR | 129.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [OPBL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opbl.md) Bela Airport · 60 km / 37 mi
- [OP21](https://dromopedia.com/airports/op21.md) Vehari Airport · 93 km / 58 mi
- [MUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opmt.md) Multan International Airport · 99 km / 62 mi
- [PK-0014](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pk-0014.md) Khanpur Airport · 131 km / 82 mi
- [DEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opdg.md) Dera Ghazi Khan Airport · 137 km / 85 mi
- [OP18](https://dromopedia.com/airports/op18.md) Kot Addu Airport · 146 km / 91 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Bahawalpur Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bahawalpur_Airport&oldid=1375529025), revision of 18 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/opbw/data