| Kohat Airbase | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: OHT – ICAO: OPKT | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military | ||
| Operator | Pakistan Air Force | ||
| Location | Kohat | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,650 ft / 503 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 14/32 | 7,717 | 2,352 | Asphalt |
Kohat Airbase (IATA: OHT, ICAO: OPKT) is an Air Force base and a Air Force facility that is located in Kohat, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
On February 20, 2003, Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir and 16 others were killed when their Fokker F27 crashed into the hills near the airbase. The aircraft was inbound to Kohat from Chaklala Airbase. Included in the dead were the wife of Mushaf Ali Mir and two Air Vice Marshals.[1]
On August 6, 2007, two personnel of the Pakistan Air Force and a child accompanying them were injured when a bomb exploded near their vehicle on the Kohat Road near the PAF Airbase.[2]