Coordinates: 25°19′06″N 068°22′00″E / 25.31833°N 68.3666667°E / 25.31833; 68.3666667

Hyderabad Airport
IATA: HDD – ICAO: OPKD
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority
Serves		Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan
Elevation AMSL		135 ft / 41 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
02/20	2,132	6,997	Paved

The Hyderabad Airport (IATA: HDD, ICAO: OPKD) of Pakistan is a domestic airport in Hyderabad, the second-largest city in the Sindh province. It is very close to the Pakistan Army's Sindh Regimental Centre and the HDA Kohsar Housing Society.

Contents 1 History 2 Airlines and destinations 3 Events 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] History

Hyderabad Airport was reopened on 19 August 2008 after a period of ten years.^[1] The opening of the airport resulted in Pakistan International Airlines relaunching flights twice weekly to Islamabad and Lahore via Nawabshah.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

• Pakistan International Airlines (Islamabad, Lahore, Nawabshah, Faisalabad)

[edit] Events

• On 25 May 1998, PIA Flight 544 was a flight that was hi-jacked in Turbat. The final stand off between the hi-jackers and armed forces took place at Hyderabad Airport resulting in the eventual capture of two of the three hi-jackers. The third was killed.

[edit] See also

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

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Hyderabad Airport Was Shutdown and Reopen Again on 19 August 2008.
• Airport information for OPKD at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
• Accident history for HDD at Aviation Safety Network

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