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Benazir Bhutto International Airport facts for kids

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Rawalpindi International Airport (Urdu: چکلالہ‎), (ICAO: OPRN)) is the third largest airport in Pakistan that is in Rawalpindi, Punjab. The airport is actually located outside of Islamabad, in the area of Chaklala. Being the main airport for the Pakistani capital it often hosts officials and citizens from other nations. The airfield is shared with the transport and liaison squadrons of the Pakistan Air Force. The newly built Islamabad International Airport replaced it on May 2018.

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  • USAF C-17 at Chaklala AirBase

    A C-17 belonging to the US Air Force delivering relief items during the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, photo date Oct. 17, 2005).

  • China Southern Airlines taxing

    China Southern Airlines Boeing taxiing to the runway.

  • Benazir Bhutto International Airport parking lot

    The airport's parking lot in 2016

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