CJLOPCH

Chitral Airport

Chitral, Pakistan · Asia

Asia Asia/Karachi

1direct destinations

1airlines

1runway

1,750 mLongest runway

Chitral Airport (IATA: CJL, ICAO: OPCH) is a small domestic airport situated 2 NM (3.7 km) north of the city centre of Chitral, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. in May 2019, the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority began development work at Chitral airport. In March 2025, Pakistan International Airlines, the national flag carrier, stated that it would resume, after a gap of about three years, flights between Chitral and Islamabad from April 5 initially once a week.

Location

35.886°N, 71.800°E · 1.500 m s. n. m. (4.920 ft)

General data

CountryPakistan

CityChitral

IATA codeCJL

ICAO codeOPCH

Coordinates35.886°N, 71.800°E

Elevation1.500 m s. n. m. (4.920 ft)

Time zoneAsia/Karachi

Runways1

Longest runway1,750 m

OperatorAutoridad de aviación civil de Pakistán

Direct destinations1

Runways · 1

02/20

Length1,750 m5,741 ft

Width30 m98 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 2

Tower

122.500

Ground

121.800TWR

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 1

Other airlines with direct routes

Pakistan International Airlines

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: Masood Ahmad Khan · CC BY-SA 3.0 · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Chitral Airport (CJL). Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CJL

MLA

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_cjl,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Chitral Airport (CJL)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CJL},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/CJL}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-20},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-20}
}

Wikipedia

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