Islamabad International Airport

ISB 📍 Islamabad, Pakistan

اسان بابت Islamabad International Airport

Pakistan's largest airport by area and passenger capacity, opened 6 May 2018 to replace the defunct Benazir Bhutto International Airport. First and only Pakistani airport capable of handling Airbus A380.

Serves as a hub for PIA, Airblue, Serene Air, Fly Jinnah, and AirSial. Direct international flights to Dubai, Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Muscat, Sharjah, and several Chinese cities.[22][25]

key_information

iata_code

ISB

city

Islamabad

province

Islamabad Capital Territory

country

Pakistan

established

2018[22]

coordinates

33.558333, 73.056667

distance_from_city

Approximately 30 km from Islamabad city center via Kashmir Highway

travel_information

nearest_hotels

Islamabad Serena Hotel, Islamabad Marriott Hotel, Ramada by Wyndham Islamabad, Hotel Margala

distances_to_cities

Rawalpindi 20km, Peshawar 180km, Lahore 375km, Karachi 1143km

additional_details

ICAO: OPIS. First greenfield airport in Pakistan. Capacity: 9 million passengers annually (expandable to 25 million). Cost: over PKR 100 billion. Metro bus rapid transit connects airport to Islamabad/Rawalpindi since April 2022. Largest cargo airport in Pakistan.[22][31]