AviatDataJinnah International Airport KHI / OPKC
Karachi, Sindh · Pakistan · Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) — federal, state-owned; formed under the Pakistan Airports Authority Act 2023 (passed by the National Assembly 21 July 2023) and operational from 9 August 2024, when the former Civil Aviation Authority was split into a regulator (Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority, PCAA — flight standards, licensing, airspace management, AIP), an airport operator (PAA) and an accident-investigation body (Bureau of Air Safety Investigation, BASI)
6.7Mpax · 2025
H24International · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATAOPKC / KHI
OperatorPakistan Airports Authority (PAA) — federal, state-owned; formed under the Pakistan Airports Authority Act 2023 (passed by the National Assembly 21 July 2023) and operational from 9 August 2024, when the former Civil Aviation Authority was split into a regulator (Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority, PCAA — flight standards, licensing, airspace management, AIP), an airport operator (PAA) and an accident-investigation body (Bureau of Air Safety Investigation, BASI)
Coordinates24.9065°N, 67.1608°E
Elevation100 ft · 30 m
Time zonePKT (UTC+5, no DST)
Passengers / yr6,711,131 (2025)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceOPKC — AIP Pakistan (PCAA eAIP, AD 2 OPKC)
Operating hoursH24 (flight ops, ATC, customs/immigration, fuelling and ground handling all H24); no standing curfew, though operations have been temporarily suspended in the past during periods of acute regional airspace tension
TerminalsOne main Jinnah Terminal complex (opened August 1992; two concourses across five floors) split into East Satellite (international) and West Satellite (domestic) concourses linked by corridors, with 12 contact gates/air bridges and roughly 30 remote stands on a 266,000 sqm apron (42-aircraft capacity); separate Terminal 1 (civil aviation authority offices), Terminal 2 (Hajj operations) and Terminal 3 (commercial offices) buildings sit apart from the main passenger flow
Runways (2)
- 07L/25R · 3,505 m / 11,500 ft · 75 m wide · Concrete · ILS ILS CAT I
- 07R/25L · 3,400 m / 11,155 ft · 45 m wide · Concrete · ILS ILS CAT I
Airport contact
Pakistan's principal hub for Pakistan International Airlines and home base for airblue, Fly Jinnah and SereneAir; the country's second-busiest airport by passenger traffic behind Islamabad. Main runway 07L/25R was rebuilt and extended by 1,000 ft to 3,505 m/11,500 ft to Code 4F standard in an 18-month, Rs8.35bn project (started 4 July 2024, finished on schedule with no cost overrun, first post-upgrade international flight welcomed 19 February 2026), giving Karachi its first A380-capable runway alongside the unchanged 07R/25L. As of August 2026 Pakistan's Privatisation Commission has approved a financial adviser to pursue outsourcing (not full-ownership privatization) of KHI's and Lahore's airport operations to a private operator; the process is still at the advisory stage with no operator selected.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 5 providers
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)
Largest ground handling provider in Pakistan; PIA self-handles its own flights and provides third-party ramp, passenger and baggage handling for other carriers at Jinnah International Airport, its primary hub; handling-agreements contact •••, •••.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Gerry's dnata
Largest ground handling agent in Pakistan (Gerry's Group/dnata joint venture formed 1993, per the company's own corporate history); provides passenger, ramp and baggage handling at Jinnah International Airport, one of the 7 major Pakistani stations it lists on its own site.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Menzies Aviation (Menzies-RAS / Royal Airport Services)
Reported to provide above- and below-wing ground services at Jinnah International Airport via a Menzies/Royal Airport Services joint venture; Menzies' own current network pages and its Wikipedia company history do not mention Pakistan, so the JV and its Karachi scope could not be independently confirmed — treat as reported pending verification, not confirmed.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Shaheen Airport Services (SAPS)
Shaheen Airport Services is a long-standing Pakistani ground handler reported to serve Karachi among its stations, offering passenger, ramp, load-control and flight-ops dispatch services; an IATA GHP directory listing and a specific Karachi facility address could not be independently confirmed.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Airblue
Self-handled, Airblue — airblue is listed as a registered ground handling agent and operates Karachi as a base; extent of self-handling versus reliance on third-party handlers (e.g. Menzies-RAS) not independently confirmed.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
Available
Pakistan State Oil (PSO)
Into-plane Jet A-1 fuelling at Jinnah International Airport; PSO is Pakistan's dominant oil marketer (51.6% overall downstream market share, per its own corporate reporting) and operates refuelling facilities at 14 Pakistani airports, of which Karachi is among the largest; a specific 99% Jet A-1 market-share figure and exact hydrant flow rate could not be independently confirmed.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Available · 2 providers
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)
In-house, PIA — PIA Engineering performs transit/daily line checks and defect rectification on its own fleet at its Karachi hub.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Gerry's dnata
Line maintenance is listed among Gerry's dnata's core service lines company-wide, per its own site; ISAGO/Pakistan CAA maintenance-organization approval, the specific aircraft types covered and a flydubai launch-customer claim at Karachi specifically could not be independently confirmed.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Part-145 base maintenance
Available
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)
PIA Engineering's Ispahani Hangar at Karachi (commissioned 1968) performs wide-body and narrow-body heavy checks and airframe overhaul, and has historically also serviced aircraft of other airlines beyond PIA's own fleet, per Wikipedia's Jinnah International Airport entry; the specific historical customer list and any current hangar-rehabilitation tender could not be independently confirmed.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Available · 2 providers
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)
PIA's Karachi Flight Kitchen prepares onboard meals for PIA and contract-catered flights at Jinnah International Airport; named directly in PIA corporate history and Dawn.com reporting.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
KC Flight Catering
Pakistan's largest private in-flight catering operator (operating since 2006, ISO 22000-certified); Karachi is one of six Pakistani airports it currently serves with onboard meal catering for domestic and international carriers, per the company's own site; contact details confirmed directly against kcflightcatering.com. Note: company head office is Rawalpindi, not Karachi, so the draft's claim that operations 'began in Karachi catering airblue flights' is unconfirmed and has been dropped.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft cleaning
Unconfirmed
Shaheen Airport Services (SAPS)
Ramp and aircraft cleaning reported as bundled with SAPS's ground handling package, per company profile; not independently confirmed.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Ground support equipment
Available
Gerry's dnata
Owns/operates a fleet of 1,100+ ground support equipment units (company-wide figure, confirmed on Gerry's dnata's own site) supporting its ramp operations across Pakistani hub stations including Karachi; in-house fleet, not a third-party rental service.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Cargo handling
Available · 4 providers
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)
PIA Cargo (Pakistan International Cargo, launched 1974) operates freight handling out of Karachi; cargo division contact •••, •••; documented on PIA's corporate cargo pages. · 08:30-17:30 PST
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Gerry's dnata
Cargo handling is one of Gerry's dnata's core listed service lines covering its Pakistani stations including Karachi, per the company's own site; specific KHI terminal size, automation and cold-chain/GDP certification figures could not be independently confirmed.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Menzies Aviation (Menzies-RAS / Royal Airport Services)
Air Menzies International (AMI) is Menzies' freight-forwarding brand; an AMI presence at Karachi handling exports, imports, warehousing and charter could not be independently confirmed.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Shaheen Airport Services (SAPS)
Cargo and mail warehouse handling plus scanning/screening reported as part of SAPS's service line, per directory listing; not independently confirmed.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aviation security
Available · 2 providers
Shaheen Airport Services (SAPS)
A Security service line (baggage/cargo screening support ancillary to handling) is reported in directory listings, supplementing but not replacing the Airports Security Force's statutory role; not independently confirmed.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Airports Security Force (ASF)
Federal security agency (established 1976 under the Airports Security Force Act, administratively under the Ministry of Defence) with statutory responsibility for aviation security at all Pakistani international and domestic airports, including passenger, baggage and cargo screening at Jinnah International Airport; the on-site KHI phone line and control-room detail were not independently confirmed (asf.gov.
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Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
On request · 2 providers
Flytag Flight Support (FTFS)
Flight dispatch and support agency offering flight planning, overflight/landing permits, fuel uplift arrangement and ground-handling coordination at OPKC/KHI with a 24/7 ops desk, confirmed on the company's own site (ftfs.com.pk); the Gulshan-e-Iqbal HQ address and the specific email/phone shown were not independently re-confirmed beyond the site's general contact channel. · 24/7
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Jetstream International
Listed as an FBO/Handler in the AC-U-KWIK directory for Jinnah International (OPKC), offering pilot services, aircraft services and fuel arrangement; no independent confirmation found beyond the directory listing (acukwik.com and aviapages.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Hotel & travel
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