Peshawar Flying Club

The Peshawar Flying club is situated in Peshawar, the capital city of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. Peshawar has also served as the Northern Air Command of the Pakistani Air Force (PAF). The club carries out training for Private and commercial aviation and was home to the Flight Instructor Training School (FITS). Charter flights are also carried out by the club.

The club shares the runway with the Peshawar Airport's Domestic and international flights along with the PAF's Black Spider squadron of Chinese made A-5s.

The inventory of airplanes used for training as well as charter is made up of:

One Cessna 172 registration AP-BAP
Three Cessna 150 registration AP-AZT and AP-BAC and AP-AUC,
One Cessna 421 for Charter,
One Taifun glider,
One Piper PA-23 Aztec, for multi engine rating.

Aspiring pilots from all over the globe including countries from the Middle East and North Africa come to the club to receive their wings. Typically most senior instructors at the club have been ex-PAF pilots (CAPTAIN MUHAMMAD J.AKBAR) and ground crew.

The area is very scenic and provides excellent flying conditions. Peshawar is a just south of the Himalayan range and to the North there is nothing but a collection of peaks ranging between 500 ft to 25000 ft.

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