Gilgit Airport

Gilgit Airport
IATA: GIL – ICAO: OPGT GIL Location of airport in Pakistan
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority
Serves		Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Elevation AMSL		4,796 ft / 1,462 m
Coordinates		Coordinates: 35°55′07″N 074°20′01″E / 35.91861°N 74.33361°E / 35.91861; 74.33361
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
07/25	1,646	5,400	Asphalt
Sources: AIP Pakistan[1] and DAFIF[2][3]

Gilgit Airport (IATA: GIL, ICAO: OPGT) is a small domestic airport situated 1.25 nm (2.3 km) east of Gilgit^[1], a city in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. The city of Gilgit is one of the two major hubs for all mountaineering expeditions in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. Many tourists choose to travel to Gilgit by air since the road travel between Islamabad and Gilgit by Karakoram Highway takes nearly 15 hours, whereas the air travel takes only about an hour.

Structure

Due to the short runway at Gilgit airport that is located at the edge of a slope, even an aircraft as small as a Boeing 737 aircraft cannot land and take-off at the Gilgit Airport. Currently PIA operates French and Italian ATR 42 aircraft on the Gilgit-Islamabad route. Other aircraft that operate at the airport include the military C-130 aircraft.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Pakistan International Airlines	Islamabad, Skardu

See also

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

References

1. ^ ^{a b} AIP Pakistan: OPGT – Gilgit
2. ^ Airport information for OPGT at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
3. ^ Airport information for GIL at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).

External links

• Accident history for GIL at Aviation Safety Network