Airports / Pakistan / ISB
Islamabad International Airport
OPIS / ISBAttock, PakistanELEV 1,761 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
14 nm
To the nearest alternate
PAF Base Nur Khan (Benazir Bhutto International Airport) (OPRN) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Islamabad International Airport (OPIS / ISB) sits in Attock, Pakistan, where it functions as a large commercial airport. The field lies at an elevation of 1,761 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
ISB has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include PAF Base Nur Khan (Benazir Bhutto International Airport) (OPRN, 14 nm), Minhas Air Base (ATG, 29 nm), and Mangla Airport (XJM, 51 nm).
Quotes for flights out of ISB vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from ISB, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
OPIS
IATA
ISB
FAA / Local
OPIS
Elevation
1,761 ft
Coordinates
33.5490° N · 72.8257° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Pakistan fields
state range 29–7,316 ft
At 1,761 ft, ISB sits higher than 74% of the 39 Pakistan fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 14nmOPRNPAF Base Nur Khan (Benazir Bhutto International Airport)Rawalpindi
- 29nmATGMinhas Air BaseKamra
- 51nmXJMMangla AirportMangla
- 52nmRAZRawalakot AirportRawalakot
- 53nmOPRSRisalpur Air BaseRisalpur
- 71nmPEWBacha Khan International AirportPeshawar
Location
Open the full mapOPIS · Islamabad International Airport · Attock, Pakistan