First private airport opened

Construction of the international airport at Sialkot was first approved in the year 2001 and an amount of Rs230 million was allocated for the project. The airport is equipped with all international standards to facilitate national and international flights. Situated in the heart of the country’s industrial hub, the site of the airport spans across 1050-acres and is 14km west of Sialkot with existing road links to Wazirabad, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Narowal, Sialkot city, Sialkot Export Processing Zone and Sialkot Dry Port, where a large number of potential passengers exist, who are frequent flyers with in and outside the country. An important feature of this airport is the runway which is 3,600 meters long, 45-meters wide with 7.5-meters wide shoulders on each side, making it one of the largest runways in the country.

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