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Dera Ismail Khan Airport
Airport Directory » Pakistan » Dera Ismail Khan » Dera Ismail Khan AirportAirport information for Dera Ismail Khan AirportCountry: PakistanLocation: Dera Ismail Khan Coordinates: 31.55.00N / 070.54.00E IATA Code: DSK Timezone: GMT +5 Direct flights form Dera Ismail Khan Airport Direct flights to Dera Ismail Khan Airport Find connecting flights to Dera Ismail Khan Airport Find connecting flights from Dera Ismail Khan Airport |
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Coordinates: 31°54′33″N 070°53′47″E / 31.90917°N 70.89639°E / 31.90917; 70.89639
Dera Ismail Khan Airport or D. I. Khan Airport (IATA: DSK, ICAO: OPDI) is located ten kilometer off from the town center of Dera Ismail Khan, a town in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. The airport is the only airport, beside Bannu airport, which link up the southern lands of the NWFP with other divisions of the state.
History
Dera Ismail Khan airport was closed coming after the start out of the Afgan-US conflict in 2001 for unspecified ground. After a aggregative of 6 yr the airport was make up one's mind to reopen after a mission of the land see Islamabad. The reopening was say to cost around Rs4 million, which was passed on fixing the landing track and on the redevelopment and doctor of the depot construction. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) was the sole operator at the airport, furnishing feeder services between Peshawar, Zhob, Multan, Lahore and Islamabad using Fokker F-27 aircraft. With the reopening programmes, the CAA has make up one's mind to up-grade the airport which would finally alleviate the installation of international voyages for the individuals of the area working abroad and in the business community. The 1st voyage is anticipated to be set up on the 27 October 2008 to Islamabad via Peshawar.
Structure
Dera Ismail Khan airport is not as big as the other airports in Pakistan, as it provides primarily to the population of Dera Ismail Khan. The airport is only for little aircraft such as Fokker and ATRs. The airport is now not able to deal bigger aircraft such of the likes of Boeing and Airbus. There is now 1 landing track denoted twelve and 30.
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