# Faisalabad International Airport (LYP / OPFA)

**Faisalabad International Airport** (IATA: LYP, ICAO: OPFA) is a large airport in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,842 m (9,324 ft). It is operated by Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LYP / OPFA
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority
- Serves: Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
- Elevation: 180 m / 591 ft
- Coordinates: 31.3649, 72.9953
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,842 m / 9,324 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5 · Asia/Karachi
- Website: http://www.caapakistan.com.pk/timeline/fsbd/timeline-fsbd.aspx
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisalabad_International_Airport (19 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31580
- Weather station: OPFA
- Ident: OPFA

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03R/21L | 2,842 m / 9,324 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 036° / 216° | yes |
| 03L/21R | 2,743 m / 8,999 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Concrete |  | yes |

## Routes

4 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [LHE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opla.md) Allama Iqbal International Airport · Pakistan · 135 km / 84 mi · Star Air Aviation
- [ISB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opis.md) Islamabad International Airport · Pakistan · 243 km / 151 mi · Royal Airlines
- [KHI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opkc.md) Jinnah International Airport · Pakistan · 918 km / 570 mi · Royal Airlines, Star Air Aviation, TCS Courier
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 1,852 km / 1,151 mi · TCS Courier

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- Royal Airlines · 2
- Star Air Aviation · 2
- [TCS Courier](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tcs-courier) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,842 m / 9,324 ft | #1,564 of 29,858 | #446 in Asia | #19 in PK |
| Elevation | 180 m / 591 ft | =25,504 of 43,403 | =1,415 in Asia | #56 in PK |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =31 in Asia | =1 in PK |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GND | TWR | 121.800 |
| TWR | TWR | 127.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [SGI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opsr.md) Mushaf Air Base · 82 km / 51 mi
- [OPRQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oprq.md) Rafiqui Air Base · 96 km / 59 mi
- [LHE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opla.md) Allama Iqbal International Airport · 135 km / 84 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: “Faisalabad International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Faisalabad_International_Airport&oldid=1366985983), revision of 31 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/opfa/data