PAF Base Rafiqui

Rafiqui Airbase
IATA: none – ICAO: OPRQ
Summary
Airport type		Military
Operator		Pakistan Air Force
Location		Shorkot
Elevation AMSL		492 ft / 150 m
Coordinates		30°45′29″N 72°16′57″E / 30.75806°N 72.2825°E / 30.75806; 72.2825Coordinates: 30°45′29″N 72°16′57″E / 30.75806°N 72.2825°E / 30.75806; 72.2825
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
15/33	10,000	3,048	Asphalt
15R/33L	9,621	2,932	Asphalt

Rafiqui Airbase or Shorkot Airbase (ICAO: OPRQ) is a PAF Airbase located near Shorkot, Jhang District, Punjab, Pakistan. The base is named in the honor of Squadron Leader Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui for his valor in Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.^[1]

PAF Rafiqui is located in central Pakistan 337 kilometers South of Islamabad. PAF Rafiqui is served by a single 10,000 foot long runway and a parallel taxiway that could be used for emergency landing and recovery of aircraft .

References

1. ^ Active Bases PAF Official Website. Retrieved 08 August 2010.

External links

• Pakistan Aviation