Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International Airport

Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International Airport

Dari: 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
ServesHerat Province
LocationHerat
Built1960s
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))
Map
HEA
Location of airport in Afghanistan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 9 888 3 014 Paved
Source: Landings.com, AIP Afghanistan

The Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International Airport, also known as Herat International Airport (IATA: HEA, ICAO: OAHR) is located about 10 km (6.2 mi) southeast of the city of Herat in western Afghanistan, next to the Kandahar–Herat Highway Highway in the Guzara District of the Herat Province. Named after Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, 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 Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi International Airport in Mazar-i-Sharif.