Multan is an ancient city of Pakistan and is renowned for the preaching of Sufis and their shrines. It is the fifth largest city of Pakistan in terms of population, situated almost in the centre of Pakistan in the province of Punjab. Multan is surrounded by Jhang and Khanewal in the North, Khanewal and Vehari in the east, Lodhran and Bahawalpur in the south and Muzaffargarh in the west. It is boun
d by river Ravi on the north, river Sutlaj on the south and river Chenab on the west. The climate of Multan is hot and dry in the summers and cold in winter. Saraiki and Punjabi are commonly spoken languages in Multan. Multan Airport is situated amidst of the city in the Cantt. Brief history of Multan Int’l Airport is as under:-
1919 RAF aircraft started operation on Kacha Maidan.
1934 Occasional civil aircraft operation started by Imperial Airways.
1938 Regular services started on LAH-MUL-JACOB-KAR route.
1948 Pak Air service started. 1956 Multan Flying Club started.
1957 PIA started operation with DC-3 aircraft.
1963 Runway, taxiways and apron re-carpeted with bitumen, proper control tower erected.
1971 Runway extended to 9000?
1977 Terminal building extended. Jet operation started (B-720).
1980 Runway strengthened and re-carpeted.
1988 Rehabilitation of Jet T/W for A-300 Aircraft.
1999 M/s. Aero Asia started international operations (MUL-DUB-MUL).