# Chitral Airport (CJL / OPCH)

**Chitral Airport** (IATA: CJL, ICAO: OPCH) is a medium airport in Chitral, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It has one runway, 1,750 m (5,741 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CJL / OPCH
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority
- Serves: Chitral, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Elevation: 1,500 m / 4,920 ft
- Coordinates: 35.8862, 71.7999
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,750 m / 5,741 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5 · Asia/Karachi
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitral_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2237915
- Ident: OPCH

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 1,750 m / 5,741 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 027° / 207° |  |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [ISB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opis.md) Islamabad International Airport · Pakistan · 276 km / 171 mi · Pakistan International Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- PK [Pakistan International Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pakistan-international-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,750 m / 5,741 ft | =5,076 of 29,858 | =1,252 in Asia | #47 in PK |
| Elevation | 1,500 m / 4,920 ft | =2,139 of 43,403 | #273 in Asia | #9 in PK |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =17 in PK |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GND | TWR | 121.800 |
| TWR | TWR | 122.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [OAEM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oaem.md) Ishkashim Airport · 93 km / 58 mi
- [OAQM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oaqm.md) Koran va Monjan Airport · 95 km / 59 mi
- [TJ-0008](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tj-0008.md) Ishkoshim Regional Airport · 96 km / 59 mi
- [KUR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oarz.md) Razer Airport · 99 km / 62 mi
- [SDT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opss.md) Saidu Sharif Airport · 129 km / 80 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Chitral Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chitral_Airport&oldid=1362748676), revision of 5 Jul 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/opch/data