What is Jinnah International Airport?
{{Infobox airport | name = Jinnah International Airport | nativename = Quaid-e-Azam International Airport | nativename-r = Karachi International Airport | image = PK Karachi Airport asv2020-01.jpg | image-width = | caption = | IATA = KHI | ICAO = OPKC | type = Public | owner-oper = [[Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority]] | city-served = [[Karachi]], Sindh | elevation-f = 100 | elevation-m = 30 | coordinates = {{coor dms|24|54|24|N|067|09|39|E|type:airport}} | website = [http://www.karachiairport.com.pk www.karachiairport.com.pk] | metric-rwy = Y | r1-number = 07R/25L | r1-length-f = 11,155 | r1-length-m = 3,400 | r1-surface = [[Concrete]] | r2-number = 07L/25R | r2-length-f = 10,500 | r2-length-m = 3,200 | r2-surface = Concrete }} '''Jinnah International Airport''' (previously '''Quaid-e-Azam International Airport''') ([[IATA]]: KHI, [[ICAO]]: OPKC) is [[Pakistan]]'s largest international and domestic airport. It is located in Karachi, in [[Sindh]], and is also commonly known as the '''Jinnah Terminal'''. == Events == * On 7 April 1929, Karachi airport became the first airport in [[British India]] to be used for a commercial flight, when an aircraft landed with mail going to [[Bombay]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pakistaniaviation.com/photohist.htm |title=Historic Pakistani Aviation Photos |access-date=2008-09-28 |archive-date=2024-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416003257/https://pakistaniaviation.com/photohist.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> * On 19 August 1980, [[Saudia Flight 163]] flew from Karachi to Riyadh for its first leg. When the aircraft started its second leg to [[Jeddah]], a fire ignited. The plane landed and everyone died. * A [[Pan American World Airways|Pan Am]] [[Boeing 747]] named the ''Clipper Empress of the Seas'', called [[Pan Am Flight 73]], was [[Aircraft hijacking|hijacked]] on 5 September 1986. Twenty people were killed when the airplane was hijacked on the ground in Karachi, Pakistan. * 22 M