New Islamabad International Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Pakistan | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Fateh Jang, Punjab, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,899 ft / 579 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°33′38.57″N 72°51′5.81″E / 33.5607139°N 72.8516139°ECoordinates: 33°33′38.57″N 72°51′5.81″E / 33.5607139°N 72.8516139°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | http://www.islamabadairport.com.pk/ | ||||||||||||||
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| Passengers Capacity | 10 million (first phase) |
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| Cost | ₨81.17 billion (US$770 million) |
New Islamabad International Airport is an international airport under construction in Fateh Jang, planned to serve the Islamabad Rawalpindi metropolitan area. The airport is slated to open for commercial flights on August 14, 2017.
The airport project was conceived initially in 1984 for which the acquisition of land in Attock started the same year. Build around 20 km west of the twin cities, it is being built to replace the existing Benazir Bhutto International Airport. After repeated delays, the new airport is expected to be become operational by August 14, 2017. The airport is connected to Islamabad via the Kashmir Highway and Rawalpindi via the GT Road. A six-lane highway is under construction to further expand the connectivity of the airport. The Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metrobus is planned to be expanded to connect New Islamabad International Airport with the metropolitan area.
Once completed it will be the first greenfield airport in Pakistan and the first to handle the Airbus A380. Built on an area of 3,289 acres, the airport has two runways and will cater to 10 million people every year in its first phase and up to 25 million in the second phase. The terminal includes 15 gates with ten remote gates, a four-star hotel, duty-free shops, food court and 42 immigration counters. Additional, CAA is planning to acquire over 2,800 acres of additional land to build a third runway at the airport.
The plan to construct a new airport for Islamabad was conceived in the late 1980s to deal with the problem of increased passenger load at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport. The current annual turnover of passengers at the current airport is about 4.7 million. It was estimated that the number of passengers at the airport is growing by 14 per cent annually compared to national air passenger growth rate of less than four per cent, making it the third busiest airport in the country.
Therefore, a site in district was selected as the site for the construction of a new airport just a few kilometers from the Islamabad interchange on M1/M2 motorways. However, the project couldn't be started and was repeatedly postponed till 2005. The plan to construct a new airport was announced on 7 January 2005 by Civil Aviation Authority. The foundation stone of the project was laid by former President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on 7 April 2007. In 2011 Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani announced that a new airport will be constructed in the territory of Islamabad naming it the International Rawal Airport. The design for that airport was ready and the initial construction was started but however was stopped due to the suspension of the designated Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani. After taking seat Nawaz Sharif has announced that the work on Rawal Airport will be started again in 2016 and will be fully functional till the end of his 5-year government.
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