Dalbandin
Airport (IATA:
DBA, ICAO: OPDB) is a small domestic airport located at Dalbandin, in the
Balochistan province of Pakistan. There are two weekly Fokker flights of PIA
to/from Karachi.
Dalbandin Airport (DBA),is possibly
the remotest airport PIA operates into. It is also the highest elevation 3120
feet, with a runway of only 1524m and a minimal width of about 75 '.
This airfield had been constructed
in 1935. Initially, its role was to serve as a satellite of Samungli Air Base
at Quetta. During the Second World War, it was made operationally ready by RAF
to meet a possible Russian invasion through Iran. Each time we landed there, I
was attracted by a group of broken down Nissan huts located near the airfield.
Dalbandin is one of three Pakistani
bases used by the US and allied forces Currently the United States Marine Corps
use Dalbandin as a base for operations into Afghanistan.
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