KHI — Jinnah International Airport
Large airport in Karachi, Pakistan.
- IATA code
- KHI
- ICAO code
- OPKC
- Size
- large
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 7,267,582
- 2017 · Wikidata
- Nonstop routes
- 1
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC+5
- Asia/Karachi
- Elevation
- 30 m
- 98 ft
- Runways
- 2
- Longest 3,400 m
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About KHI
Jinnah International Airport is a large airport serving Karachi, Pakistan. It opened in 1929. 7,267,582 passengers used it in 2017. Open traffic data shows 1 nonstop route from KHI.
Wikidata (CC0). Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from KHI
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| KHI → IST | 3,977 km | 149,975 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| HDD | Hyderabad Airport | 130 km |
| WNS | Shaheed Benazirabad Airport | 191 km |
| BHJ | Bhuj Airport | 312 km |
| KDD | Khuzdar Airport | 325 km |
| SKZ | Begum Nusrat Bhutto International Airport Sukkur | 353 km |
Distance from KHI to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07R/25L | 3,400 m | 46 m | Concrete |
| 07L/25R | 3,200 m | 46 m | Concrete |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan · 24.9065, 67.1608
Questions
Jinnah International Airport has the IATA code KHI and the ICAO code OPKC. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.
KHI is a large airport in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, at 24.9065, 67.1608, 30 m above sea level.
KHI is in the Asia/Karachi time zone, UTC+5.
7,267,582 passengers in 2017, according to Wikidata.
Jinnah International Airport opened in 1929.
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