Chilas Airport

Chilas Airfield

چلاس ہوائی اڈا
Chilas Airfield; چلاس ہوائی اڈا
	IATA: CHB; ICAO: OPCL;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority
Serves	Chilas, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan
Elevation AMSL	4,150 ft / 1,265 m
Coordinates	35°25′37″N 074°05′06″E / 35.42694°N 74.08500°E
Map
	CHB CHB
Runways

Chilas Airfield (IATA: CHB, ICAO: OPCL) is an airfield located at Chilas, a town in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan.^[1]

History

It was built during the British Raj in 1927.^[1] After independence, Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) further developed it to support the construction of Karakoram Highway.^[1]

The airfield was also used by Pakistan Air Force in the 1960s and 1970s and flew C-130 planes from there.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Nagri, Jamil (October 3, 2018). "CAA team arrives in Gilgit to start work on Chilas airfield". DAWN.COM.
^ Abbas, Ghulam. "Diamer-Bhasha Dam: WAPDA requests CAA to start air service at Chilas airstrip | Pakistan Today". Retrieved 2022-12-02.

External links

Airport information for OPCL at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
Accident history for CHB at Aviation Safety Network

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[auto-1] Nagri, Jamil (October 3, 2018). "CAA team arrives in Gilgit to start work on Chilas airfield". DAWN.COM.

[2] Abbas, Ghulam. "Diamer-Bhasha Dam: WAPDA requests CAA to start air service at Chilas airstrip | Pakistan Today". Retrieved 2022-12-02.

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