Hyderabad Airport (Pakistan)

For other uses, see Hyderabad Airport (disambiguation).

Hyderabad Airport حیدرآباد ہوائی اڈا
IATA: HDD – ICAO: OPKD HDD Location of airport in Pakistan
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority
Serves		Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan
Elevation AMSL		135 ft / 41 m
Coordinates		Coordinates: 25°19′06″N 068°22′00″E / 25.31833°N 68.3666667°E / 25.31833; 68.3666667
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
02/20	2,132	6,997	Paved

The Hyderabad Airport (IATA: HDD, ICAO: OPKD) of Pakistan is a domestic airport in Hyderabad, the second-largest city in the Sindh province. It is very close to the Pakistan Army's Sindh Regimental Centre and the HDA Kohsar Housing Society.

History

Hyderabad Airport was reopened on 19 August 2008 after a period of ten years.^[1] The opening of the airport resulted in Pakistan International Airlines relaunching flights twice weekly to Islamabad and Lahore via Nawabshah.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Pakistan International Airlines	Islamabad, Lahore, Nawabshah

Events

• On 25 May 1998, PIA Flight 544 was a flight that was hi-jacked in Turbat. The final stand off between the hi-jackers and armed forces took place at Hyderabad Airport resulting in the eventual capture of two of the three hi-jackers. The third was killed.

See also

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

References

1. ^ Hyderabad airport to reopen on 19th

External links

• Hyderabad Airport Was Shutdown and Reopen Again on 19 August 2008.
• Airport information for OPKD at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
• Accident history for HDD at Aviation Safety Network