Afghanistan
Khowst
Khost District

Khost

Khost International Airport, also referred to as Khost Airport, is located in the eastern section of , which is the capital of in .
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Khost Airfield”, “Khost Airport”, “Khost International Airport”, “Khowst Airfield”, “KHT”, “Matun”, “Mātūn Airfield”, “OAKS”, and “Salerno”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Khost Great Mosque.

Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Great Mosque of Khost, or simply the Khost Mosque, is the largest in the city of , in southeastern . It can hold up to 2,000 worshipers during any prayer.

Khost

Latitude
33.33491° or 33° 20′ 6″ north
Longitude
69.95231° or 69° 57′ 8″ east
Elevation
1,143 metres (3,750 feet)
IATA airport code
KHT
ICAO airport code
OAKS
Open location code
8J5F8XM2+XW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 347776657
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Geo­Names ID
1434618
Wiki­data ID
Q2875517
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Khost” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار خوست”
  • Bengali: “খোস্ত আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর”
  • Cebuano: “Salerno”
  • Chinese: “霍斯特国际机场”
  • Chinese: “霍斯特机场/霍斯特機場”
  • Chinese: “霍斯特机场”
  • Chinese: “霍斯特機場”
  • French: “aérodrome de Khôst”
  • French: “Aérodrome de Khôst”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar udara khost”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Khost”
  • Indonesian: “KHT”
  • Indonesian: “OAKS”
  • Japanese: “ケースト空港”
  • Japanese: “ホースト空港”
  • Japanese: “ホースト飛行場”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Khost”
  • Persian: “KHT”
  • Persian: “OAKS”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه صحرایی خوست”
  • Persian: “ميدانٔٔ هوائئ خوست”
  • Persian: “میدان هوایی بین‌المللی خوست”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Chost”
  • Pushto: “د خوست نړیوال هوايي ډګر”
  • Swedish: “Salerno”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи саҳро хуст”
  • Turkish: “Host Havaalanı”
  • Turkish: “Host Havalimanı”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Khost”. Photo: afgmatters, CC BY 2.0.