Herat International Airport

Herat International Airport

Persian: میدان هوایی بین المللی هرات
A Pamir Airways Boeing 737 jet parked at the airport in 2010
Summary
Airport typePublic/Military
OwnerGovernment of Afghanistan
OperatorGAAC Holding[1]
ServesHerat Province
LocationHerat
Built1960s[2]
Elevation AMSL3,290 ft / 1,003 m
Coordinates34°12′36″N 62°13′42″E / 34.21000°N 62.22833°E / 34.21000; 62.22833 (Herat Airport (Herat))
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HEA is located in Afghanistan
HEA
HEA
Location of airport in Afghanistan
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 9 888 3 014 Paved
Source: Landings.com,[3] AIP Afghanistan[4]

Herat International Airport, also known as Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International Airport,[5] (IATA: HEA, ICAO: OAHR) is located 10.5 km (6.5 mi) southeast of the city of Herat in western Afghanistan, east of the Herat-Farah road, close to Guzara in the Guzara District of the Herat Province. It is Afghanistan's fourth largest commercial airport after the Kabul International Airport in Kabul, the Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport in Kandahar and the Mawlana Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi International Airport in Mazar-i-Sharif.[6]

  1. ^ Faiez, Rahim (9 September 2022). "Taliban: UAE Firm to Run Flight Services on Afghan Airports". The Diplomat. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area Handbook for Afghanistan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Airport record for Herat Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 1 August 2013
  4. ^ "AIP - Important Information - Civil Aviation Authority". Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ansari was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Herat Airport to be Reconstructed was invoked but never defined (see the help page).