LHE

Allama Iqbal International Airport

ICAO OPLA31.5216°N 74.4036°E217 m / 712 ftLarge airport
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Allama Iqbal International Airport (IATA: LHE, ICAO: OPLA) is a large airport in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It opened in 1962. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,360 m (11,024 ft). It is operated by Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority. In 2018 it handled 4.5 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1962–2012
1962
OpenedAllama Iqbal International Airport opens.
31 AUG 2012
DisasterPakistan International Airlines Flight 653.No deaths
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Hajj TerminalLahore-Allama Iqbal international Airport (LHE)
18L/36R181° / 001° · LIT
LENGTH3,360 m11,024 ftWIDTH46 m151 ftSURFACEConcrete
18R/36L181° / 001° · LIT
LENGTH2,743 m9,000 ftWIDTH46 m151 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2010–2018
3.5M
4.5M
1018

Routes

24 destinations · 16 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km4,000 km1,000 mi2,000 miISB · Islamabad International Airport · 270 km / 168 miKDU · Skardu International Airport · 437 km / 272 miUET · Quetta International Airport · 726 km / 451 miTAS · Tashkent International Airport · 1,175 km / 730 miBSZ · Manas International Airport · 1,283 km / 797 miMHD · Mashhad International Airport · 1,458 km / 906 miMCT · Muscat International Airport · 1,814 km / 1,127 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 1,985 km / 1,233 miAUH · Zayed International Airport · 2,089 km / 1,298 miDOH · Hamad International Airport · 2,330 km / 1,448 miBAH · Bahrain International Airport · 2,381 km / 1,479 miGYD · Heydar Aliyev International Airport · 2,396 km / 1,489 miDMM · King Fahd International Airport · 2,452 km / 1,524 miCMB · Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport · 2,766 km / 1,719 miRUH · King Khalid International Airport · 2,802 km / 1,741 miNJF · Al Najaf International Airport · 2,828 km / 1,757 miBGW · Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base · 2,829 km / 1,758 miBKK · Suvarnabhumi Airport · 3,337 km / 2,074 miJED · King Abdulaziz International Airport · 3,653 km / 2,270 miCAN · Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · 3,921 km / 2,436 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 4,178 km / 2,596 miKUL · Kuala Lumpur International Airport · 4,291 km / 2,666 miLHW · Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport · 2,738 km / 1,701 miEHU · Ezhou Huahu International Airport · 3,856 km / 2,396 miKULISTCANEHUJEDBKKBGWRUHCMBLHWGYDBAHAUHMHDBSZTASUETKDUISBNJFDOHMCTDXBDMMLHE
Year-round22
ISBIslamabad International AirportPakistan · Fly Jinnah270 km168 miKDUSkardu International AirportPakistan · airblue437 km272 miUETQuetta International AirportPakistan · Fly Jinnah, airblue726 km451 miTASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · Centrum Air, Uzbekistan Airways1,175 km730 miBSZManas International AirportKyrgyzstan · Aero Nomad Airlines1,283 km797 miMHDMashhad International AirportIran · Kish Air, Iran Airtour, Iran Air1,458 km906 miMCTMuscat International AirportOman · Fly Jinnah, SalamAir1,814 km1,127 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Fly Jinnah, Emirates, AirSial1,985 km1,233 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways, AirSial2,089 km1,298 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways2,330 km1,448 miBAHBahrain International AirportBahrain · Fly Jinnah2,381 km1,479 miGYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportAzerbaijan · airblue, Azerbaijan Airlines2,396 km1,489 miDMMKing Fahd International AirportSaudi Arabia · Fly Jinnah, airblue2,452 km1,524 miCMBBandaranaike International Colombo AirportSri Lanka · FitsAir2,766 km1,719 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Fly Jinnah, Riyadh Air, flyadeal +12,802 km1,741 miNJFAl Najaf International AirportIraq · Iraqi Airways2,828 km1,757 miBGWBaghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air BaseIraq · Fly Baghdad2,829 km1,758 miBKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · Thai Airways3,337 km2,074 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · airblue3,653 km2,270 miCANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · China Southern Airlines3,921 km2,436 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines4,178 km2,596 miKULKuala Lumpur International AirportMalaysia · Batik Air Malaysia4,291 km2,666 mi
Most destinationsFly Jinnah 7airblue 5AirSial 3Centrum Air 1Uzbekistan Airways 1Aero Nomad Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LHE. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Allama Iqbal International Airport” (revision of 24 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers4.5M (2018)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#358of 3,974 · #105 Asia · #2 PKLongest runway3,360 m11,024 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=641of 29,823 · =199 Asia · #8 PKElevation217 m712 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=23,128of 43,341 · #1,312 Asia · #49 PKAgeOpened 19622026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,898of 15,079 · =284 Asia · #7 PKRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =30 Asia · =1 PK
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
APPLAHORE APP121.300
ATISATIS126.300
GNDLAHORE GND118.400
TWRLAHORE TWR118.100