Civil Aviation Authority has released a comparison of facilities between the Existing Benazir Bhutto International Airport and The New Islamabad International Airport; which is under construction in Fateh Jang tehsil of District Kohat. This list gives all necessary details of facilities which are either missing or less than requirements in the existing Airport, which justifies the necessity of new Islamabad Airport.
Following are the details of facilities:
Passenger Handling Capacity
Existing Airport can handle up to 3 million passengers per annum
New Airport will be able to handle up to 9 million passengers per annum
Cargo Handling Capacity
Existing Airport can handle up to 40,000 Metric Tons of cargo
New Airport can handle up to 200,000 Metric Tons of cargo
Runways
Existing Airport has 01 runway
New Airport has 02 runways
Taxiways
Existing Airport has 03 taxiways
New Airport will have 09 taxiways
Rapid Exit Taxiways
Existing Airport does not have rapid exit taxiways
New Airport has 03 rapid exit taxiways
Parallel Taxiways
Existing Airport does not have parallel taxiways
New Airport has 01 parallel taxiway
Aprons
Existing Airport has 01 apron
New Airport has 05 aprons
Passenger Boarding Bridges
Existing Airport does not have passenger boarding bridges
New Airport has 09 passenger boarding bridgers
The above listed points are better explained in the comparison table given below:
