Sukkur Airport (IATA:
SKZ, ICAO:
OPSK) is a
domestic airport situated about 8 km away from the city centre of Sukkur in the
Sukkur District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is a medium-sized airport
and caters mainly to the population of Sukkur, Khairpur and Rohri. It is the
main alternate of Jinnah International Airport in Karachi with a distance of
about 350 km/220 miles; well under an hour's flight time in turboprop aircraft.
Sukkur Airport ranks as the second main operational airport
in Sindh, after Jinnah International Airport. The paved runway is about 2700