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Gilgit Airport (IATA: GIL, ICAO: OPGT) is a small domestic airport situated 1.25 nm (2.3 km) east of Gilgit,[4] a city in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. The city of Gilgit is one of the two major hubs for mountaineering expeditions in the northern areas of Pakistan.

Gilgit Airport گلگت ہوائی اڈا
IATA: GIL ICAO: OPGT
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Elevation AMSL	4,796 ft / 1,462 m
Coordinates	35°55′07″N 074°20′01″E
Map
GIL Show map of Gilgit Baltistan GIL Show map of Pakistan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07/25 1,646 5,400 Asphalt
Statistics (2018–19[1][2][3])
Passengers 45,137 Passenger change 18.2% Aircraft movements 1,286

Structure

Because of its short runway located at the edge of a slope, even Boeing 737s and similar-sized jet aircraft cannot operate at Gilgit Airport. Pakistan International Airlines operates ATR 42 aircraft on the Gilgit-Islamabad route. In the past, Fokker F-27 Friendships were used. Other aircraft that operate at the airport include the military Lockheed C-130 Hercules.

A new terminal was constructed in 2014 and inaugurated by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.[5]

The airport was planned to be twice as extensive, but waterlogged ground led to half the land being instead used for a public park, CAA Park or City Park Gilgit.

Airlines and destinations

Due to the small size of the airport planes like ATR-42 and C-130 are able to safely land on this airport. Flights are scheduled mostly from Islamabad. However in 2022, PIA started flights from Karachi and Lahore through a stopover at Islamabad.[6]

Airlines	Destinations
Pakistan International Airlines	Islamabad

Accidents

• On August 25, 1989, Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404, a Fokker F27 carrying 54 people, disappeared after leaving Gilgit. The wreckage has not been found.[7]
• On July 20, 2019, Pakistan International Airlines Flight 605, an ATR carrying 53 people, skidded off the runway and came to rest on the grass. All the passengers were evacuated safely, but the plane was damaged.[8]

See also

• List of airports in Pakistan
• Airlines of Pakistan
• Transport in Pakistan
• Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority

References

External links

• Accident history for GIL at Aviation Safety Network

На других языках

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[ru] Гилгит (аэропорт)

Аэропорт «Гилгит» (урду گلگت ہوائی اڈا‎) (ИАТА: GIL, ИКАО: OPGT) — небольшой аэропорт в городе Гилгите в пакистанской территории Гилгит-Балтистан. Аэропорт расположен на расстоянии 2,3 км к востоку от Гилгита, города, который является одним из двух основных транспортных узлов для всех альпинистских экспедиций в северные районы Пакистана. На автомобиле из Исламабада в Гилгит ехать около 15 часов, тогда как на самолёте всего около часа[1][2][3].

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