Islamkot International Airport
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Islamkot International Airport is an under-construction airport
near Mithi
and Islamkot
, Tharparkar District
in the Sindh
province of Pakistan
.
It has been planned and is being constructed by the Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan at a cost of Rs. 972.07 million at the request of the Sindh Coal Authority to facilitate the development of the Thar coalfields nearby. Clearance for the construction of the airport was given by Pakistan's Ministry of Defence on 25 September 2009 as it lies within 80 km of Pakistan's international border with India.
It is being constructed to cater for Category-C aircraft as per ICAO standards and will have a 7,000 ft. long runway.
The airport would be used for both civil and military air traffic.
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
near Mithi
Mithi
Mithi is the capital of Tharparkar District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The town is located at 24°20'0N 69°1'0E with an altitude of 2 metres , lying 300 kilometres from Karachi and is located in a beautiful desert area....
and Islamkot
Islamkot
Islamkot or Islam Kot is a town in the Tharparkar District in Sindh, Pakistan. The city is well connected with the other large cities like Karachi, the provincial capital and Hyderabad....
, Tharparkar District
Tharparkar District
Tharparkar District is one of twenty three districts of Sindh province in Pakistan. It is headquarters is at Mithi. It has the lowest Human Development Index of all districts in Sindh.-Demography:...
in the Sindh
Sindh
Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...
province of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
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It has been planned and is being constructed by the Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan at a cost of Rs. 972.07 million at the request of the Sindh Coal Authority to facilitate the development of the Thar coalfields nearby. Clearance for the construction of the airport was given by Pakistan's Ministry of Defence on 25 September 2009 as it lies within 80 km of Pakistan's international border with India.
It is being constructed to cater for Category-C aircraft as per ICAO standards and will have a 7,000 ft. long runway.
The airport would be used for both civil and military air traffic.