Allama Iqbal International Airport

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Allama Iqbal International Airport
Lahore International Airport
علامہ اقبال بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا
Allama Iqabal Bai'n-ul-Aqwami Havaai Adda

IATA: LHE – ICAO: OPLA
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority
Serves Lahore
Elevation AMSL 698 ft / 213 m
Coordinates 31°31′17″N 74°24′09″E / 31.52139, 74.4025
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18R/36L 9,000 2,900 Asphalt
18L/36R 11,024 3,310 Concrete

Allama Iqbal International Airport (IATA: LHE, ICAO: OPLA) is Pakistan's second largest civil airport after Jinnah International Airport. It is located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan and is commonly known as Lahore International Airport, it is named after Allama Iqbal who was a major proponent for the foundation of Pakistan. The airport currently has three terminals; the Allama Iqbal terminal, the Hajj terminal, and a cargo terminal. The airport is located about fifteen kilometres from the center of the city.

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The airport underwent a major renovation during the early twenty first century, which has not only enlarged the airport, but also beautified it with the building of new terminals built to reflect the Mughal history of the city. Currently, the airport gets an average of 75-80 flights each day, but the number of flights increases during the Hajj season and allows the airport to handle about 13.58 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 thirty. The airport can provide 32 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 Jinnah International Airport. Other Pakistani airlines and international airlines also operate out of Lahore for domestic and international operations.

The Arrival message when passengers arrive at the airport
The Arrival message when passengers arrive at the airport

Once, Allama Iqbal International Airport was opened in 2003, the old airport was converted into the Hajj terminal to handle the extra traffic that takes place during the Hajj season. It is used every year by Pakistan International Airlines for Hajj operations to take the people to Saudi Arabia. However, negotiations are underway to allow the private airline to use the terminal as well as well as international airlines.


The Allama Iqbal Intl Airport fully decorated to celebrate the Independence Day of Pakistan
The Allama Iqbal Intl Airport fully decorated to celebrate the Independence Day of Pakistan

The CIP Lounge under construction in January, 2003.
The CIP Lounge under construction in January, 2003.

The use of the CIP lounge is available to only first class and business class passengers travelling on most airlines arriving at the airport. In order to access the CIP lounge, Passengers traveling 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. There are many banks at Allama Iqbal Airport, Lahore including: Askari Commercial Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Union Bank and ABN AMRO Bank as well as ATM machines from Habib Bank.

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