Prepaid / official airport taxi + WTI Cabs · 20–40 min to Golden Temple / central Amritsar (traffic-dependent)
Where they are
One map, pinned from each airport’s published coordinates.
Category scores
Overall is the published weighted sum. A highlighted score is ahead; a tie stays plain.
Ease of use
25% · Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
LHE6.8
ATQ7.6+0.8
Comfort & amenities
20% · Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
LHE6.4+0.1
ATQ6.3
Food & retail
Best for
LHE
PIA / Gulf-bank connections that can sit one 2003 hallPriority Pass after international immigration (CIP Lounge upstairs left)inDrive / Yango when you are not racing a connection
Watch out for
LHE
FCDO: visa in advance on visa.nadra.gov.pk — leftover VPA / VOA is leftover-wrongUber left Pakistan in 2024; Careem ride-hailing ended 18 July 2025Express Tribune leftover 6.86 million is calendar 2025, not PCAA FY 2024–25 (6,048,541)
Amenities and tips
LHE
CIP Lounge (PP 24/7, after immigration)inDrive / Yango + official taxisDomestic CIP Lounge (PP 24/7, Gates 11–12)Duty-free after immigration
LHE · Lahore's 2003 Allama Iqbal Terminal is Pakistan's third-busiest on the PCAA FY 2024–25 count: one building, two 24/7 Priority Pass CIP rooms, and an Airport Road hop the Orange Line never makes — paid for with a 3–4 hour international, no Uber, leftover VOA that is leftover-wrong, and an expansion Interior opened as extra immigration lines, not a second terminal.
ATQ · AAI-run Amritsar gateway at Raja Sansi — one 2009 integrated terminal, CAT III-B on runway 34 only, DigiYatra and FTI-TTP e-gates, and two live Priority Pass / LoungeKey / DragonPass rooms (print Airr’s DragonPass 05:00–last-boarding hours separately from the PP/LK 24-hour pin) — still a single-strip diaspora airport where fog, a 17% FY passenger drop, and dead Metrobus blogs punish thin plans.
15% · Food and retail quality and variety.
LHE6.2+0.3
ATQ5.9
Ground access
15% · Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
LHE6.4
ATQ6.5+0.1
Reliability
15% · Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
LHE5.8
ATQ6.3+0.5
Lounges
10% · Worth-it density and access quality.
LHE6.6+0.2
ATQ6.4
ATQ
Golden Temple / Punjab diaspora trips that want one civil terminal without a Delhi originInternational Priority Pass / LoungeKey holders who can use Airr after immigrationWinter arrivals that benefit from published CAT III-B procedures on runway 34
International is a 3–4 hour ASF + FIA airport; Orange Line does not reach LHE
ATQ
No terminal rail — Metrobus Route 501 is not a live Plan AFY 2025–26 passengers 2,941,017 (−17.0%); CAT III-B is RWY 34 onlyPrimus is a basic domestic SHA room; Airr DragonPass hours are not 24 hoursATQ ≠ IXC ≠ DEL — wrong northern IATA is a multi-hour road day
Prayer room in the international CIP
Terminal Wi-Fi unpublished
International is a 3–4 hour ASF airport
Operator pages are a JS shell this pass, so sit on the ASF + FIA sequence rather than a leftover reseller clock. Polio certificates are cleared at the Airport Health Desk; the shot itself is free at Pakistani international airports.
One 2003 hall — Hajj is seasonal, not T2
The live scheduled passenger building is the Allama Iqbal Terminal (inaugurated March 2003). International and domestic share it. There is no airside walk that skips immigration for a D↔I connection.
Duty-free is the named airside landmark
Priority Pass parks the international CIP Lounge upstairs after immigration, on the same airside as duty-free. Named kitchen chains are unpublished on the operator JS site this pass — do not invent leftover Gloria Jean's / McDonald's / Starbucks.
ATQ
The Airr Lounge and Bar (international)Integrated domestic + international terminalCAT III-B ILS on runway 34Primus Lounge (domestic)DigiYatra + FTI-TTP e-gatesUdaan Yatri Cafe / Wi-Fi / drinking water
CAT III-B is RWY 34 only — still leave real international buffers
Fog kit helps landings on 34; a single strip and diaspora banks still need time.
One integrated hall — Primus is domestic, Airr is after immigration
No T1/T2 hop. Sector signs and lounge pins still matter.
Airr if entitled — Primus is a basic SHA room, not a meal plan
Two live PP/LK/DP rooms; landside bottles and AAI drinking water beat airside markup.
