PEW

Bacha Khan International Airport

ICAO OPPS33.9939°N 71.5146°E353 m / 1,158 ftLarge airport
On the map
Peshawar Airport (retouched)
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Bacha Khan International Airport (IATA: PEW, ICAO: OPPS) is a large airport in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It opened in 1927. It has one runway, 2,743 m (9,000 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority.

Timeline

1 event · 1927–1927
1927
OpenedBacha Khan International Airport opens.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Peshawar Terminal 1Cargo Terminal
17/35176° / 356° · LIT
LENGTH2,743 m9,000 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

9 destinations · 5 countries
Most destinationsAirSial 2Air Arabia 2Saudia 2Fly Jinnah 1SalamAir 1flydubai 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from PEW. From the Wikipedia article “Bacha Khan International Airport” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway2,743 m9,000 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,801of 29,823 · =541 Asia · =24 PKElevation353 m1,158 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=15,507of 43,341 · #1,017 Asia · #37 PKAgeOpened 19272026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=280of 15,079 · =20 Asia · =1 PKRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =17 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

5 channels
APPCHERAT APP125.600
ATISATIS126.700
GCAGCA118.300
RDORDO292.300
TWRTWR122.900