New Gwadar International Airport
Pakistan, Pakistan
New Gwadar International Airport (NGIA) is a public airport serving Gwadar, Balochistan, Pakistan. It is the largest airport in Pakistan by area, occupying 4,300 acres (17 km2) of land, and the second greenfield airport in Pakistan after Islamabad International Airport. Located in Gorandani, 26 kilometres (16 mi) north-east of the former Gwadar International Airport on the south-western Arabian Sea coast of Balochistan, NGIA was constructed at a cost of Rs66 billion (approximately US$237 million at 2025 exchange rates), funded primarily as a grant by China, with participation from Pakistan and Oman. The airport was formally inaugurated on 14 October 2024 by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chinese Premier Li Qiang as a flagship project of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Commercial operations commenced on 20 January 2025, replacing the old airport. With a runway spanning 3,658 m (12, 001 ft) in length and 45 m (148 ft) in width, NGIA is capable of accommodating wide-body aircraft including the Airbus A380 and Boeing 747-8. Ownership of the airport is shared among Pakistan, Oman, and China, and the facility is designed to accommodate both domestic and international flights. As of February 2025, the airport operated five flights per week.
Airport data from the OpenFlights open database.