PAF Base Rafiqui

Rafiqui Airbase
IATA: none – ICAO: OPRQ
Summary
Airport type Military
Operator Pakistan Air Force
Location Shorkot
Elevation AMSL 492 ft / 150 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 10,000 3,048 Asphalt
15R/33L 9,621 2,932 Asphalt

Rafiqui Airbase or Shorkot Airbase (ICAO: OPRQ) is a PAF Airbase located near Shorkot, Jhang District, Punjab, Pakistan. The base is named in the honor of Squadron Leader Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui for his valor in Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.[1]

PAF Rafiqui is located in central Pakistan 337 kilometers South of Islamabad. PAF Rafiqui is served by a single 10,000 foot long runway and a parallel taxiway that could be used for emergency landing and recovery of aircraft .

References

  1. ^ Active Bases PAF Official Website. Retrieved 08 August 2010.

External links

Flying Bases
PAF Academy · Chaklala · Chandhar · Faisal · Masroor · Mianwali · Minhas · Murid · Mushaf · Peshawar · Rafiqui · Samungli · Shahbaz
Non-Flying Bases
Kalabagh · Kohat · Korangi Creek · Lahore · Lower Topa · Malir · Sakesar