Lahore Airport, later renamed Allama Iqbal International Airport is the third largest airport in the country. Packed with loads of national and international flights, the airport offers many facilities and is considered among the busiest. Carpeted over 1364 acres, it comprises three terminals and lounges, two runaways, and parking space for almost 22 aircraft.
The airport was inaugurated in 1962 after the Walton airport could not occupy the increasing aircraft traffic as Pakistan international airlines had its Boeing 720. An enormous expansion project to enlarge the Lahore Airport started in the 2000s. Because of escalating domestic and international flights as well as the passengers, a new terminal was made in 2003.
The airport was later named Allama Iqbal International Airport after the truly inspiring and philosophical poet of the east, Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal. It is wide enough to handle an aircraft big enough as Boeing 747.
