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New Gwadar International Airport

Gurandani, Pakistan

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OPGW

Elevation

61 ft

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The Essence of New Gwadar International Airport

GWD

Location

Gurandani · BA · Pakistan

Connectivity

3 routes · 3 destinations

Position

25.297°, 62.499° · 61 ft elev.

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Pakistan's strategic deep-water gateway on the Arabian Sea.

Opened

2019

Location

Gwadar, Pakistan

New Gwadar International Airport (IATA: GWD, ICAO: OPGW) is a modern airport serving the port city of Gwadar in Balochistan province, Pakistan. It was developed as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) infrastructure program, with significant Chinese investment and construction involvement. The airport is designed to support the rapid development of Gwadar as a major deep-water port and free economic zone. It replaces the older, smaller Gwadar Airport and is intended to handle significantly increased passenger and cargo traffic as the region develops. The facility features a modern terminal capable of handling international flights and is seen as a critical piece of infrastructure linking Pakistan's southwestern coast to global trade routes. Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) oversees its operations.

Terminals

The airport features a single modern passenger terminal designed to handle both domestic and international traffic with expanded capacity over the old facility.

Getting to & from

Ground transport to and from the airport relies primarily on road-based taxis and private vehicles, as Gwadar lacks a formal public transit network.

Airlines here

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) operates flights from New Gwadar International Airport, primarily connecting Gwadar to Karachi and other domestic destinations.

Notable facts

›Built with significant Chinese funding and construction support under the CPEC framework.
›Intended to serve as a key logistics hub linked to the deep-water Port of Gwadar.
›Replaces the older Gwadar Airport, which had limited capacity and runway length.
›Situated in Balochistan, one of Pakistan's most strategically significant but underdeveloped provinces.
›Designed with potential to handle wide-body aircraft and future international airline routes.

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Airlines serving this airport

Pakistan International Airlines

Routes

GWD → MCTPK · ATR

GWD → KHIPK · ATR

GWD → TUKPK · ATR

Aircraft operating here

Aerospatiale/Alenia ATR 42-6003 routes

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Encyclopaedia

New Gwadar International Airport (NGIA) is a public airport serving Gwadar, Balochistan, Pakistan. It is the largest airport in Pakistan by area, occupying 4,300 acres (17 km2) of land, and the second greenfield airport in Pakistan after Islamabad International Airport. Located in Gorandani, 26 kilometres (16 mi) north-east of the former Gwadar International Airport on the south-western Arabian Sea coast of Balochistan, NGIA was constructed at a cost of Rs66 billion, funded primarily as a grant by China, with participation from Pakistan and Oman.

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