Gwadar International Airport (IATA: N/A, ICAO: OPGW) (Balochi: گوادر میان اُستمانی بالی پٹ, Urdu: گوادر بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا) is an international airport situated 14 km (9 miles) north of the city centre of Gwadar,[2] in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.
The history of the airport dates back to 1958 when the Government of Pakistan bought Gwadar from Muscat’s Sultan.
The airport gained international status when two weekly flights from Karachi to Muscat via Gwadar were initiated with Fokker F-27 aircraft.[when?]
[7] Occupying 4,300 acres (17 km2) of land, it is located in Gurandani, 26 km north-east of the existing airport in Gwadar on the south-western Arabian Sea coast of Balochistan Province.
An Air Traffic Control (ATC) Tower, crash, fire and rescue facilities will be built as well as a fuel farm.