# Begum Nusrat Bhutto International Airport Sukkur (SKZ / OPSK)

**Begum Nusrat Bhutto International Airport Sukkur** (IATA: SKZ, ICAO: OPSK) is a medium airport in Sukkur, Sindh, Pakistan. It opened in 1942. 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/opsk

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SKZ / OPSK
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority
- Serves: Sukkur, Sindh, Pakistan
- Opened: 1942 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 60 m / 196 ft
- Coordinates: 27.7220, 68.7917
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,743 m / 9,000 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5 · Asia/Karachi
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begum_Nusrat_Bhutto_International_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2985129
- Weather station: OPSK
- Ident: OPSK

## Timeline

- 1942: Begum Nusrat Bhutto International Airport Sukkur opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 2,743 m / 9,000 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 141° / 321° | yes |

## 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 | 60 m / 196 ft | =34,082 of 43,403 | #1,984 in Asia | #85 in PK |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =130 in Asia | #4 in PK |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =17 in PK |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GND | TWR | 121.800 |
| TWR | TWR | 122.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [JAG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opja.md) Shahbaz Air Base · 71 km / 44 mi
- [MJD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opmj.md) Moenjodaro Airport · 77 km / 48 mi
- [SUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opsu.md) Sui Airport · 109 km / 68 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: “Begum Nusrat Bhutto International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Begum_Nusrat_Bhutto_International_Airport&oldid=1366196913), revision of 26 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/opsk/data