AirportsAhmad Shah Baba International Airport is a large airport serving Kandahar, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KDH.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KDH
- ICAO code
- OAKN
- City
- Kandahar
- State or region
- Kandahar Province
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 31.5058° N, 65.8480° E
- Elevation
- 1,017 m (3,337 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,210 m (10,532 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KDH means Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: OAKN. ICAO codes that begin with O belong to the Middle East, Pakistan and Afghanistan. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 31.5058° N, 65.8480° E. It stands 1,017 metres (3,337 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Kabul, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,210 metres (10,532 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 6 airports of Afghanistan on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 2.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,210 m 10,532 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Quetta International AirportQuetta, Pakistan | UET | 174 km |
| Dalbandin AirportDalbandin, Pakistan | DBA | 324 km |
| Zhob AirportFort Sandeman, Pakistan | PZH | 343 km |
| Khuzdar AirportKhuzdar, Pakistan | KDD | 420 km |
| Khost International AirportKhost | KHT | 421 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 1,131 km | 1 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 1,550 km | 2 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 1,238 km | 2 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 5,729 km | 7 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 10,983 km | 13 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,724 km | 15 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 5,221 km | 6 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 6,703 km | 8 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 11,514 km | 14 h 20 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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