Airports / Pakistan / LHE
Allama Iqbal International Airport
OPLA / LHELahore, PakistanELEV 712 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
23 nm
To the nearest alternate
Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport (ATQ).
Overview
Located in Lahore, Pakistan, Allama Iqbal International Airport (OPLA / LHE) operates as a large commercial airport. The airport sits 712 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into LHE for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport (ATQ, 23 nm), Sialkot International Airport (SKT, 61 nm), and Faisalabad International Airport (LYP, 73 nm).
Charter pricing from LHE depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under OPLR. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Lahore.
Field capability
ICAO
OPLA
IATA
LHE
FAA / Local
OPLA
Elevation
712 ft
Coordinates
31.5216° N · 74.4036° 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 712 ft, LHE sits higher than 54% 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.
- 23nmATQSri Guru Ram Das Ji International AirportAmritsar
- 61nmSKTSialkot International AirportSialkot
- 73nmLYPFaisalabad International AirportFaisalabad
- 73nmIXJJammu AirportJammu
- 76nmIXPPathankot AirportPathankot
- 77nmBUPBhatinda Air Force Station
Location
Open the full mapOPLA · Allama Iqbal International Airport · Lahore, Pakistan