PAF Base Nur Khan

Pakistan Air Force Base, Nur Khan
پی اے ایف بیس نور خان
Part of Federal Air Command
Chaklala, Rawalpindi in  Pakistan
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Coordinates	33°36′59″N 073°05′59″E / 33.61639°N 73.09972°E / 33.61639; 73.09972
Type	Military airbase
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defense
Operator	Pakistan Air Force
Controlled by	Federal Air Command
Open to the public	Partially
Site history
Built	1935 (1935)
Built for	British Indian Air Force
Built by	British Raj  Pakistan (later upgradations)
In use	1935 - Present
Battles/wars	World War II 1st Kashmir War 1965 Indo-Pakistani War 1971 Indo-Pakistani War Operation Bedaar Operation Sentinel Operation Swift Retort
Garrison information
Garrison	35th Air Mobility Wing
Occupants	6 Squadron "Antelopes" 10 Squadron "Bulls" 12 Squadron "Burraqs" 41 Squadron "Albatross" 52 Squadron "Markhors" No. 130 Air Engineering Depot
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: NRK, ICAO: OPRN
Elevation	508.4 metres (1,668 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 12/30 3,291 metres (10,797 ft) Asphalt
Reference(s): [1]

Pakistan Air Force Base, Nur Khan (founded as RAF Station Chaklala and previously known as PAF Base Chaklala) is an active Pakistan Air Force airbase located in Chaklala, Rawalpindi, Punjab province, Pakistan. The former Benazir Bhutto International Airport forms part of this airbase.^[2]PAF College, Chaklala, an institute for Aviation Cadets of the college, and Fazaia Inter College Nur Khan are also located on the base.