KDU

Skardu International Airport

ICAO OPSD35.3387°N 75.5386°E2,230 m / 7,316 ftLarge airport
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Skardu International Airport (IATA: KDU, ICAO: OPSD) is a large airport in Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,656 m (11,995 ft). It is operated by Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority. In 2024 it handled 555 thousand passengers.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
14R/32L147° / 327° · LIT
LENGTH3,656 m11,995 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt
14L/32R153° / 333° · LIT
LENGTH3,656 m11,995 ftWIDTH31 m101 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2020–2024
619K
475K
595K
639K
555K
2021222324

Routes

4 destinations · 2 countries
Most destinationsPakistan International Airlines 4airblue 2AirSial 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KDU. From the Wikipedia article “Skardu International Airport” (revision of 21 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers555K (2024)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,069of 3,974 · #338 Asia · #3 PKLongest runway3,656 m11,995 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#353of 29,823 · #104 Asia · #5 PKElevation2,230 m7,316 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=422of 43,341 · #91 Asia · #1 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

3 channels
GNDTWR121.800
RDORDO292.300
TWRTWR119.700