Sialkot Airport to be Closed for 16 Days for Runway Rehabilitation Work

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Sialkot Airport to be Closed for 16 Days for Runway Rehabilitation Work

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Sialkot International Airport Runway 04/22

Closure of Sialkot International Airport Runway 04/22 for Rehabilitation Work


In order to improve the riding quality and mitigate Foreign Object Debris (FOD) issues, a major rehabilitation work on Sialkot International Airport Limited (SIAL) Runway 04/22 will commence with effect from 9:00 AM on December 5, 2022, to 11:59 PM on December 20, 2022, (local times) for 16 days.

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Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) issued:

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Airports of Islamabad and Lahore will be available as alternate for airlines deciding to temporarily shift their flights to/from Sialkot from December 5 to 20.

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Sialkot International Airport Limited (SIAL) notification:

Closure of SIAL Runway for Rehabilitation Work

In order to improve runway quality, major rehabilitation work on Sialkot Airport runway will commence with effect from from December 5, 2022, 0900 hours to December 20, 2022, 2359 hours (local times) for 16 days. During this period, airport flight operations will remain closed.

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Flight operations suspended at Sialkot Airport for 16 days from December 5 to 20 due to runway rehabilitation work.

Flights to & from Sialkot Airport appearing as cancelled on airport website:

December 5 flight arrivals:

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Source: sial.com.pk

December 5 flight departures:

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PIA and Emirates to operate Sialkot flights to/from Lahore Airport during closure of Sialkot Airport.

December 5, PIA Salalah to Sialkot flight PK128 operated to Lahore. Flight performed by PIA Airbus A320 registration AP-BMX.

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Due to Sialkot Airport closure, Salam Air flights between Muscat and Sialkot will be operated between Muscat and Lahore.

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Today, Salam Air Muscat to Sialkot flight OV301 arrived in Lahore. Flight performed by Salam Air Airbus A320neo registration A4O-OVI.

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Apparently, only PIA and Salam Air operating Sialkot flights to/from Lahore Airport.

Other airlines including Qatar Airways, Gulf Air, Emirates, flydubai and Air Arabia suspended Sialkot service.

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Recently, Emirates have been operating flights to Islamabad under flight number EK8621, EK8620.
As these are the former flight numbers for SKT (EK621, EK620) I assume these flights are now being operated into ISB.

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^ Thank you for the info.

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Sialkot Airport Runway 04/22 rehabilitation work has been completed. Flight operations resuming at the airport from today (December 21).

December 21, flight arrivals at Sialkot Airport

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Source: sial.com.pk

December 21, flight departures at Sialkot Airport

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