Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International Airport
Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International Airport Dari: میدان هوایی بین المللی هرات | |||||||||||
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A Pamir Airways Boeing 737 jet parked at the airport in 2010 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Afghanistan | ||||||||||
| Operator | GAAC Holding | ||||||||||
| Serves | Herat Province | ||||||||||
| Location | Herat | ||||||||||
| Built | 1960s | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,290 ft / 1,003 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°12′36″N 62°13′42″E / 34.21000°N 62.22833°E | ||||||||||
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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.