Shekhupura Airport

The closure was primarily due to economic reasons and urban encroachment. As a private airstrip, it was likely expensive to maintain. The rapid urban expansion of Shekhupura made the land more valuable for real estate than for aviation. The development of the 'Rana Town' housing scheme around and on the airport's land effectively sealed its fate. A public road was eventually constructed that bisects the runway, making it permanently unusable for aircraft.

The site is now defunct as an aviation facility. The long, paved runway is still clearly visible on satellite imagery but is in a state of disrepair and is unusable for its original purpose. It is located within the Rana Town housing development, and a paved road cuts directly across its midpoint. The runway is now used informally by local residents for recreational activities, including driving practice, walking, and unsanctioned street racing.

Shekhupura Airport was a private airstrip and never served as a commercial or major military airport, hence the lack of an IATA code. It was likely constructed in the 1980s or early 1990s. Its operations were limited to general aviation, serving small, privately-owned aircraft. It may have been used by a local influential business or family for private travel, or potentially for agricultural aviation (crop dusting) given the surrounding farmland. It holds no significant role in the broader history of Pakistan's civil or military aviation.

There are zero known plans or prospects for reopening Shekhupura Airport. The significant encroachment by residential housing and the critical infrastructure (a public road) built across the runway make any revival for aviation purposes logistically and financially unfeasible. Furthermore, its close proximity to Lahore's Allama Iqbal International Airport (LHE) makes it strategically redundant.