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Begum
Nusrat
Bhutto
International
Airport
Sukkur
Airport
was
named
as
Begum
Nusrat
Bhutto
Airport
-
Sukkur
in
year
2012.
On
August
14,
2008,
then
Islamabad
International
Airport
was
officially
named
as
Benazir
Bhutto
International
Airport
-
Islamabad.
Islamabad's
new
airport
is
named
as
Islamabad
International
Airport
-
Islamabad.
The Sukkur
Airport (IATA: SKZ, ICAO: OPSK),
also
known
as Begum
Nusrat
Bhutto
International
Airport
Sukkur,
is
a domestic
airport located
in Sukkur, Sindh, Pakistan.
It
is
a
medium-sized
airport
located
about
8 km
(5.0 mi)
from
the
centre
of Sukkur,
and
caters
not
only
to
the
population
of
Sukkur,
but
also
to
the
adjoining
areas
including Khairpur, Jacobabad, Sibi,
and Shikarpur
Airport
typeMilitary/PublicOwnerPakistan
Civil
Aviation
AuthorityOperatorPakistan
Civil
Aviation
AuthorityServesSukkur, Sibi, Jacobabad, Khairpur, GhotkiLocationSukkurElevation AMSL196 ft
/
60 mCoordinates27°43′19″N 068°47′30″E
Sukkur
International
Airport
ranks
as
the
second
main
operational
airport
in
Sindh,
after Jinnah
International
Airport, Karachi.
The
paved
runway
is
about
2,700
metres
long.
It
also
handles
international
flights,
especially
in
time
of
emergencies
and
because
of
bad
weather
conditions.[citation
needed]
It
is
the
main
alternate
of
Karachi's
Jinnah
International
Airport,
with
a
distance
of
about
350 km
(220 mi),
well
under
an
hour's
flight
time
by turboprop aircraft,
and
less
than
40
minutes
by jet.
On
26
January
2012,
the Provincial
Assembly
of
Sindh unanimously
passed
a
resolution
to
name
the
airport
after Nusrat
Bhutto (مادرجمہوریت،
بیگم
نصرت
بھثو),
a
former first
lady
of
Pakistan in
the
1970s.
During Hajj season
every
year,
the
Hajj
flights
operate
from
Sukkur
to Jeddah and Medina in
the Kingdom
of
Saudi
Arabia and
back. The
first
Hajj
flight
from
the
Begum
Nusrat
Bhutto
Airport,
Sukkur,
left
for
Jeddah
on
6
August
2016.
The
flight
operation
continued
until
13
August
2016.