Explanation

Benazir Bhutto International Airport

• - Former Name: Chaklala Airbase.
• - Location: Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
• - Opened: 1930 (as RAF Chaklala)
• - Renamed: June 2008.
• - Named After: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
• - Passenger services ceased : 3 May 2018
• - Replacement: Islamabad International Airport.

Last updated 07 Nov 2026 by NA

Explanation

• First Airline: Orient Airways
• Established: 29 October 1946
• Initial Headquarters: Calcutta (Kolkata), British India
• Shifted to Pakistan: 1947 (Karachi)
• Renamed as: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) – 1955

Last verified on 21-07-2026

Explanation

• The Badaber Air Base was leased to the United States from 1958 to 1970.
• Formerly known as Peshawar Air Station
• President Ayub Khan authorized the 10-year lease.
• Construction began in 1958, known as "Little USA."
• Operations in 1959
• It was vacated in July 1970

Additional information

• Purpose: The facility served as a listening post for the US6937 Communication Group, monitoring Soviet activities.

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Last updated by NS on 01 MAY 2026

Explanation

Orient Airways Ltd. was an airline established in 1946 new name Pakistan International Airlines in 1955

The airline shifted operations to the newly independent state of Pakistan in 1947.

Pakistan International Airlines is an international airline of Pakistan

Explanation

Shahbaz Air Base, also known as Jacobabad Air Base, is located in Jacobabad, a city in the Sindh province of Pakistan.

The base is operated by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF).

It serves both military and civilian aviation purposes.