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  IATA LHE
  ICAO OPLA
  Type Public
  Run By CAA
  Closest Town Lahore
  Elevation Ft 698
  Elevation M 213


  Runway Angle 18R/36L
  Runway Length F 9,000
  Runway Length M 2,900
  Runway Surface Asphalt


  Runway Angle 18L/36R
  Runway Length F 11,024
  Runway Length M 3,310
  Runway Surface Concrete


Allama Iqbal International Airport (, Punjab , Pakistan . It was formerly called '''Lahore International Airport'''. It is named after Allama Iqbal who was a major proponent for the foundation of Pakistan . The Airport has 3 terminals, the Allama Iqbal terminal, the Hajj terminal, and a cargo terminal.


LOCATION

The airport is located about 15 km from the center of the city.


THE ALLAMA IQBAL INTERNATIONAL COMPLEX

Recently, it has undergone a major renovation which has not only enlarged the airport, but also beautified it with the building of new terminals built to reflect the Mughal history of Lahore. Right now the airport gets an average of 75-80 flights each day, but the number of flights increases during the Hajj season and the airport handles about 3.58 million passengers per year

The brand new terminal includes many Duty-free shops including restaurants, cafes, ice-cream parlours, confectionery shops, book and toy shops and a souvenir shop. There are many flat screen televisions that show live flight times in the national languages, Urdu and English. The airport has seven air-bridges that dock onto the aircraft during departures and arrivals at the terminal. The total parking spaces are 30. The airport can provide 22 parking spaces for commercial and jet aircraft.

Pakistan International Airlines is a major airline that flies out of Lahore as the Flag Carrier of Pakistan and uses the airport as a hub only second to Quaid-e-Azam International Airport . Other Pakistani airlines that operate many flights out of Lahore daily are Aero Asia Airlines , Air Blue , and Shaheen Air International . Soon, Safe Air and Pearl Air will be using the airport as an important hub.


THE HAJJ TERMINAL


The Hajj terminal is part of the old airport. It is used every year by Pakistan International Airlines for Hajj Operations to take the people who are going on Hajj to The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia .



AIRLINES



CARGO AIRLINES




FUTURE AIRLINES


Note: The information listed below is purely speculative, there is no evidence to back up any of the information.



THE CIP / VIP LOUNGE


The use of the CIP lounge is available to only first class and business class passengers travelling on most airlines arriving at the airport.

There are many banks at Allama Iqbal Airport, Lahore including:

  • Askari Commercial Bank

  • Standard Chartered Bank

  • Union Bank

  • ABN AMRO Bank


Inorder to access the CIP lounge, Passengers travelling in first and business class must be issused a card from Check-in. It costs approx. 6 Dollars per passenger to gain access to the lounge.

The CIP lounge has over 20 items, television, newspapers, magazines, telephones, fax machines and free Internet.


THE RUNWAYS

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There are 2 runways at Allama Iqbal International Airport:

  • Runway 36R/18L (3,310 meters long, 46 meters wide)

  • Runway 36L/18R (2,900 meters long, 46 meters wide)



EVENTS

  • During 2000 an Indian Airlines jet which was hijacked in Nepal by elements sympathetic to the militants fighting Indian rule in Kashmir. The aircraft landed at Lahore International Airport for a few hours and left for Kabul , Afganistan .



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