# Parachinar Airport (PAJ / OPPC)

**Parachinar Airport** (IATA: PAJ, ICAO: OPPC) is a small airport in Parachinar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It closed in 2002. It has one runway, 1,219 m (3,999 ft) long. It is operated by Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PAJ / OPPC
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority
- Serves: Parachinar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Closed: 2002 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 1,768 m / 5,800 ft
- Coordinates: 33.9021, 70.0716
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,219 m / 3,999 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5 · Asia/Karachi
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachinar_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2985188
- Ident: OPPC

## Timeline

- 2002: Parachinar Airport closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 1,219 m / 3,999 ft |  |  |  |  |

- 16/34 slopes 4.0%: threshold 34 at 1,716 m / 5,629 ft, threshold 16 at 1,764 m / 5,788 ft.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,219 m / 3,999 ft | =9,960 of 29,858 | #1,550 in Asia | #62 in PK |
| Elevation | 1,768 m / 5,800 ft | =1,194 of 43,403 | =185 in Asia | #2 in PK |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =17 in PK |

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## 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: “Parachinar Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parachinar_Airport&oldid=1363070076), revision of 7 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/oppc/data