# PAF Base Nur Khan (Benazir Bhutto International Airport), Rawalpindi, Pakistan

**PAF Base Nur Khan (Benazir Bhutto International Airport)** is a medium airport in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. It has one runway, 3,287 m (10,785 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Pakistan Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Pakistan Air Force
- Serves: Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
- Elevation: 508 m / 1,668 ft
- Coordinates: 33.6167, 73.0992
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,287 m / 10,785 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5 · Asia/Karachi
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAF_Base_Nur_Khan (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10860390
- Weather station: OPRN · WMO 41571
- Ident: OPRN

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 3,287 m / 10,785 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 118° / 298° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,287 m / 10,785 ft | #746 of 29,858 | #222 in Asia | #10 in PK |
| Elevation | 508 m / 1,668 ft | #10,783 of 43,403 | #819 in Asia | #33 in PK |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =17 in PK |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | ISLAMABAD APP | 124.900 |
| APP | CHERAT APP | 125.600 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 129.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 123.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [ISB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opis.md) Islamabad International Airport · 26 km / 16 mi
- [RAZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oprt.md) Rawalakot Airport · 70 km / 43 mi
- [ATG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opms.md) Minhas Air Base · 70 km / 44 mi
- [XJM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opma.md) Mangla Airport · 80 km / 50 mi
- [OPRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oprs.md) Risalpur Air Base · 116 km / 72 mi
- [SDT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opss.md) Saidu Sharif Airport · 150 km / 93 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)
- [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/oprn/data