Khost Airport

Khost Airport (Pashto: د خوست هوايي ډګر‎; IATA: KHT, ICAO: OAKS) is located next to the city of Khost in eastern Afghanistan.[3] It has been used historically for military purposes only but in recent years it was developed and expanded to be used also for commercial flights.[4]

Khost Airport

د خوست هوايي ډګر
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner Afghanistan
OperatorAfghan Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation
Afghan Ministry of Defense
ServesLoya Paktia-Waziristan region
LocationKhost, Afghanistan
Elevation AMSL3,760 ft / 1,146 m
Coordinates33°20′01″N 069°57′09″E
Map
KHT
Location of airport in Afghanistan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 8,858 1,859 Asphalt
Sources: Landings.com,[1] motca.gov.af[2]

The airport will be known as Khost International Airport in the near future.[4] It will serve people of Loya Paktia and the Waziristan region in neighboring Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[5]

Airlines and destinations

As of October 2019, Kam Air scheduled its first domestic flight from KABUL>KHOST airport.[6]

Weekly flights take place, with a flight from Kabul > Khost every Thursday. Fares starting from $65, One way.

History

The airport was expanded by the Soviet Union during the 1980s Soviet–Afghan War.[7] It was further expanded during the U.S.-led war. The United States built a military 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.[8]

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 to improve the Khost Airport began in late 2011.[9] Civilian passengers between Khost and Kabul were allowed to use NATO's Sehra Bagh Airport until Khost Airport was completed.[10] The airport will become international in the near future, taking passengers to and from Dubai.[4]

See also

References
  1. Airport record for Khost Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-8-1
  2. Khost (OAKS)
  3. "OAKS - Khost Airport | SkyVector". skyvector.com. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  4. "'Khost airport project work not up to standard'". Pajhwok Afghan News. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  5. "Evaluation Delegation 'bypassed' in Khost Airport contract". www.pajhwok.com. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  6. "Khost Chapman Airport Profile | CAPA". centreforaviation.com. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  7. Warrick, Joby, The Triple Agent, New York: Doubleday, 2011. p. 26
  8. http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=KHT Aviation-Safety.net
  9. "Construction work on Khost airport launched". Pajhwok Afghan News. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  10. "Kabul-Khost flights formally begin". Pajhwok Afghan News. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-18.



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