List of Pakistan Air Force bases explained

This is a list of air bases of the Pakistan Air Force. There are a total of 40 air bases, which are classified into two categories: flying bases and non-flying bases. Flying bases are operational bases from which aircraft operate during peacetime and wartime; whereas non-flying bases conduct either training, administration, maintenance, or mission support.^[1]

Flying Bases (Major Operational Bases)

Air Base	Location	Wing	Squadron	Aircraft	Coordinates	https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/airbase.htm
Northern Air Command
PAF Base Peshawar[2]	Peshawar	No. 36 (Tactical Attack) Wing	No. 26 MR No. 17 AS No. 81 SAR	JF-17 Block III F-7PGAlouette III	33.9944°N 71.5289°W
PAF Base M.M. Alam	Mianwali	No. 37 (Combat Training) Wing	No. 1 FCU No. 20 OCU No. 86 SAR	K-8P F-7PG, FT-7P Alouette III
PAF Base Minhas	Kamra, Attock	No. 33 (Tactical) Wing	No. 15 MR No. 16 OCU No. 3 EW No. 87 SAR	J-10 CE JF-17 Block III Saab 2000 Erieye Alouette III, Mi-171Sh
PAF Base Nur Khan	Rawalpindi	No. 35 (Composite Air Transport) Wing	No. 6 ATS No. 10 No. 12 VIP No. 41 VIP No. 52 AM	C-130 IL-78 Gulf Stream IV Embraer Phenom 100, Cessna, Beech, Y-12, CN-235-220
PAF Academy Asghar Khan	Risalpur	(Flying Training) Wing	PFT BFT AJT Sherdils	Mushshak T-37 K-8 K-8
Central Air Command
PAF Base Mushaf	Sargodha	No. 38 (Tactical) Wing	No. 9 MR No. 24 EW CCS F-16 CCS F-7 CCS Mirage CCS JF-17 No. 29 MR No. 82 SAR	F-16 AM/BM Falcon 20 F/G F-16 AM/BM F-7P Mirage 5PA JF-17 Thunder F-16 A/B Alouette III
PAF Base Rafiqui	Shorkot	No. 34 (Tactical Attack) Wing	No. 14 AS No. 50 TA No. 25 TA No. 27 TA No. 83 SAR	JF-17 A Dassault Mirage III Mirage 5 ROSE-II Mirage ROSE-III Alouette III
Southern Air Command
PAF Base Masroor[3]	Karachi	No. 32 (Tactical Attack) Wing	No. 22 OCU No. 4 EW No. 7 TA No. 8 TA No. 84 SAR	Mirage IIIEP/RP Shaanxi Y-8 ZDK-03 AEW&C Karakoram Eagle Mirage-IIIEA ROSE-I JF-17 Block III AW-139 Seahawk
PAF Base Shahbaz	Jacobabad	No. 39 (Tactical) Wing	No. 2 MR No. 5 MR No. 11 MR No. 88 SAR	JF-17 Block 2 F-16 C/D Block 52+ F-16 AM/BM Block 15 MLU Leonardo AW-139
PAF Base Samungli	Quetta	No. 31 (Air Superiority) Wing	No. 28 MR No. 85 SAR	JF-17 Thunder Alouette III
PAF Base Bholari	Bholari, Jamshoro	No. 41 (Tactical) Wing	No. 19 OCU, No. 18 OCU, No.53 AEW&C	F-16 A/B Block 15 ADF JF-17 A/B Block 2 Saab 2000 Erieye
PAF Base Faisal	Karachi	No. 40 (Air Mobility) Wing	No. 21 ATS	C-130

Flying Base (Forward Operational Bases)

https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/airbase.htm

PAF Base Murid	Chakwal	Northern Air Command
PAF Base Qadri	Skardu
PAF Base Islamabad	Islamabad
PAF Base Farid	Rajanpur	Central Air Command
PAF Base Multan	Multan
PAF Base Risalewala	Faisalabad
PAF Base Chandhar	Gujranwala
PAF Base Vehari	Vehari
PAF Base Rahimyar Khan	Rahimyar Khan
PAF Base Lahore	Lahore
PAF Base Bahawalpur	Bahawalpur
PAF Base Sukkur	Sukkur	Southern Air Command
PAF Base Talhar	Badin
PAF Base Sindhri	Mirpur Khas
PAF Base Nawabshah	Shaheed Benazirabad District
PAF Base Pasni	Pasni, Gwadar
PAF Base Gwadar	Gwadar
PAF Base Karachi	Karachi

Non-flying bases

Air Base	Location	Command
PAF Camp Badaber	Peshawar	Northern Air Command
PAF Base Lower Topa	Murree
PAF Base Kohat	Kohat
PAF Base Kalabagh	Nathia Gali
PAF Base Kallar Kahar	Kallar Kahar
Chilas Airfield	Chilas
Miranshah Airfield	North Waziristan District
Dhamial Airbase	Dhamial
PAF Base Lahore	Lahore	Central Air Command	-	PAF Base Sakesar	Sakesar
Ghazi Airbase	Tarbela
PAF Base Korangi Creek	Karachi		Southern Air Command
PAF Base Malir	Karachi
Shamsi Airfield	Washuk District
PAF Base Ormara https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/airbase.htm	Ormara, Gwadar
PAF Base Khalid	Quetta

Planned bases

• Pakistan Air Forces plans to construction new air base in Notal area of Nasirabad District in Balochistan province^[4] and in Mansehra District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.^[5]

See also

• List of Pakistan Air Force centres and depots
• List of Pakistan Air Force squadrons
• List of Pakistan Air Force air defence squadrons
• Air base
• List of countries with overseas military bases

External links

• Air Bases of PAF at fas.org
• PAF Falcons - Battle Lines of the PAF

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pakistan Air Force Bases - list. dead. GlobalSecurity.org website. 17 May 2024. 10 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231110120906/https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/airbase.htm.
2. https://paf.gov.pk/#/paf-structure/ssoo Active PAF Bases
3. Web site: List of Pakistan Air Force Bases. nuke.fas.org website. 13 February 2000. 17 May 2024. 24 February 2024. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20240224223835/https://nuke.fas.org/guide/pakistan/facility/airbase/index.html.
4. Web site: PAF to get land in Nasirabad for air base . 3 May 2021 .
5. Web site: Pakistan Air Force Can Launch Attacks on Jammu, Srinagar with Minutes Now . 20 September 2019 .