Khost Airfield

Khost Airport
دخوست هوائی ډګر
IATA: KHT – ICAO: OAKS
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner  Afghanistan
Operator Afghan Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation
Afghan Ministry of Defense
Serves Khost Province
Location Khost, Afghanistan
Elevation AMSL 3,775 ft / 1,151 m
Coordinates 33°20′01″N 069°57′09″E / 33.33361°N 69.95250°E / 33.33361; 69.95250 (Khost Airport (Khost))Coordinates: 33°20′01″N 069°57′09″E / 33.33361°N 69.95250°E / 33.33361; 69.95250 (Khost Airport (Khost))
Map
KHT

Location of airport in Afghanistan

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 6,100 1,859 Gravel
Sources: Landings.com,[1] motca.gov.af[2]

Khost Airport (IATA: KHT, ICAO: OAKS) is located next to the city of Khost in eastern Afghanistan. The airport has been renovated in the last several years.[3] Civilian passengers are allowed to use the nearby NATO's airport for domestic flights to and from the Afghan capital, Kabul.[4]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
East Horizon Airlines Kabul[5]

History

Expanded by the Soviets in the 1980s to support bombing activity during the Soviet war in Afghanistan,[6] it has packed dirt runways now maintained by the U.S. Armed Forces and the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). The US maintains a base there known as Forward Operating Base Chapman.

There had been three major reported accidents, all of them during the 1980s mujahideen fighting and involved Russian-made Antonov An-26 aircraft.[7]

In December 2009, seven CIA employees were killed in a suicide attack at the nearby Forward Operating Base Chapman (FOB Chapman). The bomber, Humam Balawi of Jordan, wore a suicide vest and blew himself up in the base, killing the base commander, CIA agents and civilian contractors.

Work began to improve the Khost Airport in September 2011.[3] Civilian passengers between Khost and Kabul are allowed to use NATO's Sehra Bagh Airport until Khost Airport is completed.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Airport record for Khost Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-8-1
  2. ↑ Khost (OAKS)
  3. 1 2 "Construction work on Khost airport launched". Pajhwok Afghan News. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  4. 1 2 "Kabul-Khost flights formally begin". Pajhwok Afghan News. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  5. ↑ 2014 Timetable, http://flyeasthorizon.com/flight-schedule/
  6. ↑ Warrick, Joby, The Triple Agent, New York: Doubleday, 2011. p. 26
  7. ↑ http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=KHT Aviation-Safety.net
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