List of airports in Afghanistan

This is a list of airports in Afghanistan, grouped by type and sorted by location.

Description Afghanistan has five international airport in different cities and provinces of the country. They are primarily under the control of the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, with security being provided by the Afghan National Police. The Kabul International Airport serves the population of Kabul and the surrounding provinces; the Mawlana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi International Airport in Mazar-i-Sharif serves northern Afghanistan; the Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport in Kandahar serves the southern part of the country; the Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International Airport in Herat serves the western part of the country, and Khost International Airport serves the population of eastern Afghanistan. The Afghan government is seeking to build a new international airport in the Mohammad Agha District of Logar Province.

There are also about 16 regional domestic airports which are spread over the country in various provinces, which serve the smaller, more remote areas. Some of these airports have gravelled airside facilities and operate under visual flight rules.

Airports across Afghanistan

City served Province ICAO IATA Airport name Runway Elev. (m) International airports Kabul Kabul OAKB KBL Kabul International Airport 11/29: 3511 × 45 m, concrete 1791 Kandahar Kandahar OAKN KDH Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport 05/23: 3200 × 55 m, asphalt 1017 Mazar-i-Sharif Balkh OAMS MZR Mawlana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi International Airport 06/24: 2998 × 45 m, asphalt 392 Herat Herat OAHR HEA Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International Airport 01/19: 3014 × 45 m, asphalt 1003 Khost Khost OAKS KHT Khost International Airport 06/24: 1859 × 27 m, asphalt 1151 Major domestic airports Lashkargah Helmand OABT BST Bost Airport 01/19: 2302 × 30 m, asphalt 774 Farah Farah OAFR FAH Farah Airport 15/33: 1836 × 34 m, asphalt 674 Ghazni Ghazni OAGN GZI Ghazni Airport 15/33: 305 x ? m (being expanded) 2183 Jalalabad Nangarhar OAJL JAA Jalalabad Airport 13/31: 1975 × 27 m, asphalt 561 Kunduz Kunduz OAUZ UND Kunduz Airport 11/29: 1996 m x 45 m, asphalt 444 Regional domestic airports Bamyan Bamyan OABN BIN Bamyan Airport (Shahid Mazari Airport) 07/25: 2200 × ? m, asphalt 2565 Chaghcharan Ghor OACC CCN Chaghcharan Airport 06/24: 2000 × 30 m, asphalt 2278 Darwaz Badakhshan OADZ DAZ Darwaz Airport 09/27: 654 × 32 m, gravel 1533 Fayzabad Badakhshan OAFZ FBD Fayzabad Airport 18/36: 1844 × 34 m, asphalt 1171 Gardez Paktia OAGZ GRG Gardez Airport 03/21: 1664 x 53, asphalt 2374 Khwahan Badakhshan OAHN KWH Khwahan Airport ??/??: 671 × ? m, gravel 980 Kuran wa Munjan Badakhshan OARZ KUR Razer Airport 08/26: 884 × 31 m, gravel 2520 Maymana Faryab OAMN MMZ Maymana Airport 14/32: 2000 × 30 m, asphalt 838 Nili Daykundi OANL Nili Airport 18/36: 732 × 18 m, gravel 2233 Sardeh Band Ghazni OADS SBF Sardeh Band Airport 02/20: 2104 m, gravel 2125 Qala i Naw Badghis OAQN LQN Qala i Naw Airport (Qala Nau Airport) 04/22: 1999 × 25 m, concrete 905 Sheberghan Jowzjan OASG Sheberghan Airfield 06L/24R: 2621 × 24, asphalt 06R/24L: 2115 × 30, gravel 321 Shighnan (Sheghnan) Badakhshan OASN SGA Sheghnan Airport 16/34: 803 × 30 m, gravel 2042 Taloqan Takhar OATQ TQN Taloqan Airport 16/34: 1574 × 35 m, gravel 816 Tarinkot (Tarin Kowt) Urozgan OATN TII Tarinkot Airport 12/30: 2225 × 27 m, concrete 1365 Zaranj Nimruz OAZJ ZAJ Zaranj Airport 16/34: 2500 × 60 m, gravel 485 Zaranj Nimruz OANZ Nimruz Airport 14/32: 2740 × 45 m, asphalt 482 Military airports Bagram Parwan OAIX OAI Bagram Air Base 03/21: 3602 × 46 m, concrete 1484 Girishk (Gereshk) Helmand OAZI OAZ Camp Shorabak 01/19: 3500 × 46 m, concrete/asphalt 888 Khost Khost OASL OLR Forward Operating Base Salerno 09/27: 1219 x 27 m, asphalt 1168 Lashkargah (Bost) Helmand OADY DWR Dwyer Airport 05/23: 2439 × 36 m, concrete 737 Qalat Zabul OAQA Qalat Airport 02/20: 1501 x 34, gravel 1641 Shindand Herat OASD OAH Shindand Air Base 18/36: 2417 × 28 m, concrete 1152 Small local airports Andkhoy (Andkhoy) Faryab OAAK Andkhoy Airport 07/25: 756 x 18, gravel 274 Ghaziabad Nangarhar OAGA Ghaziabad Airport 07/25: 610 x 36, dirt 510 Ishkashim (Eshkashem) Badakhshan OAEM Eshkashem Airport 14/32: 896 x 21, asphalt 2620 Muqur Ghazni OAMK Muqur Airport 03/21: 1265 x 35, grass 2012 Panjab Bamyan OAPJ Panjab Airport 03/21: 366 x 23, gravel 2682 Sharana Paktika OASA OAS Sharana Airstrip 14/32: 1300 x 19, asphalt 2266 Taywara Ghor OATW Taywara Airport 18/36: 582 x 44, grass 2246 Urgun Paktika OAOG URN Urgun Airport ? 2225 Khas Uruzgan Urozgan OARG URZ Uruzgan Airport ? 2050 Jaghori Ghazni ? ? Jaghori Airport gravel ? Yangi Qaleh Takhar OAYQ Yangi Qaleh Airport 03/21: 610 x 35, grass 810 Yawan Badakhshan OAYW Yawan Airport 05/23: 567 x 28, grass 1721

List of airports in Afghanistan

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