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Bacha Khan International Airport formerly known as Peshawar International Airport, is an international airport located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
The airport was renamed on 27 January 2012 after Abdul Ghaffar Khan (nicknamed Bacha Khan) leader of the Khudai Khidmatgar and a prominent Pashtun Nationalist figure.
The airport was extensively reconstructed from 2016 to 2018 and current runway is 9,000 feet (2,700 m) long, 150 feet (46 m) wide with 10-foot-wide (3.0 m) shoulders on either side corresponding to International Civil Aviation Organization Category 4E.
The airport traces its origins to 1927 when there was a small airfield that catered to much of the British Empire and Imperial Airways aircrafts.
The airport gained importance after the independence of Pakistan from the British Raj and the airport achieved international status in 1965 when the first flight was operated from Kabul, Afghanistan to Peshawar by the national flag carrier, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).

Famous Incidents and accidents.

1. On 1 May 1960 a Lockheed U-2 spy plane, piloted by Gary Powers, left Peshawar Airport intending to fly over the Soviet Union. His plane was shot down and he was captured and put on trial in the USSR.
2. On 26 March 1965, a PIA Douglas C-47A-1-DK took off from the airport. The aircraft lost contact with air traffic control mid-flight. The aircraft had crash landed at the Lowery Pass. All passengers and crew did not survive the accident and the aircraft was written off.
3. On 25 June 2014, A PIA flight originating from Riyadh was fired upon while it was flying at low altitude and landing at Peshawar, by unknown gunmen positioned outside the airport's vicinity. One woman was killed, while two passengers and a flight steward were reported injured who were rushed to hospital.
4. On 23 April 2019, an Airblue A320 Registered AP-EDA operating PA613 from Sharjah to Peshawar suffered a runway excursion on landing. The aircraft stopped beyond the end of the runway, but still on paved surface. No injuries were reported.
5. On 11 July 2024, an Saudi Airlines Airbus A330, registered HZ-AQ28, was operating SV792 from Riyadh to Peshawar, caught fire during landing due to an issue in the landing gear. The aircraft stopped, and all 297 crew and passengers safely evacuated.