Chilas_Airfield

Chilas Airfield

Chilas Airfield

Airfield in Pakistan

Chilas Airfield (IATA: CHB, ICAO: OPCL) is an airfield located at Chilas, a town in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan.[1]

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History

It was built during the British Raj in 1927.[1] After independence, Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) further developed it to support the construction of Karakoram Highway.[1]

The airfield was also used by Pakistan Air Force in the 1960s and 1970s and flew C-130 planes from there.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Nagri, Jamil (October 3, 2018). "CAA team arrives in Gilgit to start work on Chilas airfield". DAWN.COM.
  2. [2]
    Abbas, Ghulam. "Diamer-Bhasha Dam: WAPDA requests CAA to start air service at Chilas airstrip | Pakistan Today". Retrieved 2022-12-02.


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