The following table provides details of the busiest airports in Pakistan in terms of total passenger numbers, including both international and domestic passengers, from the fiscal year July 2015 - June 2016 to the fiscal year July 2021 - June 2022. The table is presented in chronological order, starting from the latest ended fiscal year. The number of total passengers for an airport is measured in persons and includes any passenger that arrives at, departs from or is on a transit from that airport. The results were collected by the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority.[1][2][3][4][5]
Statistics
edit| Rank (2021/2022) | Airport | City | IATA Code | Total Passengers 2021/2022 | Total Passengers 2020/2021 | Total Passengers 2019/2020 | Total Passengers 2018/2019 | Total Passengers 2017/2018 | Total Passengers 2016/2017 | Total Passengers 2015/2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jinnah International Airport | Karachi | KHI | 5,165,904 | 3,366,509 | 4,381,949 | 6,802,121 | 7,267,026 | 6,913,479 | 6,614,461 |
| 2 | Islamabad International Airport | Islamabad-Rawalpindi | ISB | 4,751,451 | 3,271,167 | 4,027,918 | 5,427,610 | 813,103* | N/A | N/A |
| 3 | Allama Iqbal International Airport | Lahore | LHE | 3,695,960 | 2,338,963 | 3,445,084 | 4,723,395 | 5,055,232 | 5,019,840 | 4,907,432 |
| 4 | Bacha Khan International Airport | Peshawar | PEW | 1,066,513 | 640,536 | 1,059,828 | 1,403,617 | 1,580,234 | 1,602,158 | 1,449,927 |
| 5 | Multan International Airport | Multan | MUX | 765,635 | 432,107 | 842,957 | 1,182,925 | 1,348,065 | 1,198,767 | 935,312 |
| 6 | Sialkot International Airport | Sialkot | SKT | 680,489 | 303,744 | 653,677 | 841,477 | 908,407 | 871,714 | 718,128 |
| 7 | Quetta International Airport | Quetta | UET | 360,275 | 304,280 | 359,150 | 444,610 | 441,020 | 411,518 | 405,829 |
| 8 | Faisalabad International Airport | Faisalabad | LYP | 295,141 | 131,356 | 350,258 | 526,459 | 555,938 | 499,443 | 309,705 |
| 9 | Skardu International Airport | Skardu | KDU | 127,124 | 86,187 | 50,196 | 49,180 | 60,871 | 59,271 | 43,377 |
| 10 | Gilgit Airport | Gilgit | GIL | 64,767 | 47,554 | 43,942 | 45,137 | 38,179 | 43,696 | 42,629 |
| 11 | Sukkur Airport | Sukkur | SKZ | 38,918 | 19,872 | 70,330 | 93,592 | 114,081 | 107,575 | 102,122 |
| 12 | Turbat Airport | Turbat | TUK | 34,858 | 16,925 | 33,192 | 44,627 | 54,534 | 50,191 | 51,871 |
| 13 | Gwadar International Airport | Gwadar | GWD | 16,343 | 10,672 | 17,941 | 26,078 | 33,984 | 29,048 | 19,253 |
| 14 | Sheikh Zayed International Airport | Rahim Yar Khan | RYK | 5,617 | 1,748 | 36,299 | 53,970 | 87,341 | 96,152 | 86,483 |
| 15 | Bahawalpur Airport | Bahawalpur | BHV | 5,479 | 646 | 13,611 | 23,882 | 34,492 | 31,184 | 36,745 |
*NOTE: Islamabad International Airport opened in 2018 and replaced Benazir Bhutto International Airport, which served as the primary international airport of Islamabad from 1930 to 2018. Hence, statistics for Islamabad International Airport before 2018 are not available.
References
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