{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Gilgit Airport","iataCode":"GIL","icaoCode":"OPGT","city":"Gilgit","country":"PK","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":35.91880035400391,"longitude":74.33360290527344},"elevationMeters":1462,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"Passengers yes, freight no — that line sums up Gilgit Airport (GIL) in Pakistan's mountainous far north. Pakistan International Airlines links the field to Islamabad with daylight-only ATR turboprops, a roughly 50-minute hop that is often grounded by cloud over the Karakoram, leaving the 14-hour Karakoram Highway as the fallback. Sitting at about 1,460 metres and boxed in by terrain, the airport has no dedicated cargo terminal and handles no scheduled air freight. Forwarders moving goods into Gi","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/gilgit-airport-gil","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/gilgit-airport-gil","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Gilgit Airport · (IATA: GIL) · Gilgit, PK · 1462 m"}