# Bacha Khan International Airport (PEW / OPPS)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PEW / OPPS
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority
- Serves: Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Opened: 1927 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 353 m / 1,158 ft
- Coordinates: 33.9939, 71.5146
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,743 m / 9,000 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5 · Asia/Karachi
- Website: http://www.peshawarairport.com.pk/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacha_Khan_International_Airport (26 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1516769
- Weather station: OPPS
- Ident: OPPS

## Timeline

- 1927: Bacha Khan International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 2,743 m / 9,000 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 176° / 356° | yes |

## Routes

9 destinations in 5 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (9)

- [KHI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opkc.md) Jinnah International Airport · Pakistan · 1,095 km / 680 mi · Fly Jinnah, AirSial
- [MCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ooms.md) Muscat International Airport · Oman · 1,728 km / 1,074 mi · SalamAir
- [RKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omrk.md) Ras Al Khaimah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 1,765 km / 1,097 mi · Air Arabia
- [SHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj.md) Sharjah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 1,818 km / 1,130 mi · Air Arabia
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 1,835 km / 1,140 mi · flydubai, Emirates
- [AUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omaa.md) Zayed International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 1,947 km / 1,210 mi · Etihad Airways
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 2,149 km / 1,335 mi · Qatar Airways
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 2,595 km / 1,612 mi · flyadeal, Saudia
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 3,445 km / 2,141 mi · AirSial, Saudia

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (10)

- G9 [Air Arabia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-arabia) · 2
- PF [AirSial](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airsial) · 2
- SV [Saudia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saudia) · 2
- EK [Emirates](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/emirates) · 1
- EY [Etihad Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/etihad-airways) · 1
- 9P [Fly Jinnah](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fly-jinnah) · 1
- F3 [flyadeal](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyadeal) · 1
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 1
- OV [SalamAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/salamair) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,743 m / 9,000 ft | =1,801 of 29,858 | =539 in Asia | =24 in PK |
| Elevation | 353 m / 1,158 ft | =15,523 of 43,403 | #1,018 in Asia | #37 in PK |
| Age | Opened 1927 | =280 of 15,079 | =20 in Asia | =1 in PK |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =17 in PK |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | CHERAT APP | 125.600 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.700 |
| GCA | GCA | 118.300 |
| RDO | RDO | 292.300 |
| TWR | TWR | 122.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [OPRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oprs.md) Risalpur Air Base · 43 km / 27 mi
- [ATG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opms.md) Minhas Air Base · 83 km / 52 mi
- [JAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oajl.md) Jalalabad Airport · 104 km / 64 mi
- [SDT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opss.md) Saidu Sharif Airport · 119 km / 74 mi
- [ISB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opis.md) Islamabad International Airport · 131 km / 81 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: “Bacha Khan International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bacha_Khan_International_Airport&oldid=1376354124), revision of 23 Sep 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/opps/data