Risalpur

Risalpur (Pashto/Urdu: رسالپور‎) is a city in Nowshera District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on the Nowshera-Mardan Road. It is nearly 45 km from Peshawar and 15 km from Mardan and is located at 34°4'52N 71°58'21E. In a basin some 1014 feet above sea level, it is bounded on the south and west by the Kabul and Kalpani rivers, respectively. The famous Khyber Pass lies 90 kilometers to the north.

Risalpur is known as "Home of Eagles" and "Home of Sappers". It has several important educational institutions and industrial plants. The Risalpur Export Processing Zone is on the main Nowshera-Mardan road.The Risalpur Cantonment itself lies on high ground, some 30 feet above the surrounding area, with the oldest building dating from 1913 or 1914.

In 1910 Risalpur Town in District Nowshera Pakhtunkhwa had a former Aerodrome and Airfield of the Royal Flying Corps then later Royal Air Force.

During the First World War, the Royal Flying Corps established an airfield and a fighter conversion unit was created at Risalpur Town in British India, in the district Nowshera Pakhtunkhwa.

In Second World War and By 1940, RAF Risalpur at Nowshera had become both an Established training and an Operational airfield (Airbase) of the Royal Air Force (RAF) of the United Kingdom of Great Britain. It officially became the airfield of the PAF, Pakistan Air Force on 15 August 1947.

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