Afghanistan
Nangarhar
Bihsud District

Jalalabad Airport

Jalalabad Airport, also known as Nangarhar Airport, and referred to as Jalalabad Airfield by the U.S. military during the War in Afghanistan, is located next to the Kabul–Jalalabad Road, about 3 miles southeast of , which is the capital of in .
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “JAA”, “Jalalabad Air Field”, “Jalalabad Airfield”, and “OAJL”
  • Address: جلال اباد

Places of Interest

Highlights include Forward Operating Base Fenty.

Military installation
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was a military base built around Jalalabad Airport.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jalalabad.

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, previously known as Tarunshahr, and historically known as Nagarahara or Adinapur, is the fifth-largest city of . It has a population of about 200,331, and serves as the capital of in the eastern part of the country, about 130 kilometres from the capital .

Jalalabad Airport

Latitude
34.39978° or 34° 23′ 59″ north
Longitude
70.49872° or 70° 29′ 55″ east
Elevation
560 metres (1,837 feet)
IATA airport code
JAA
ICAO airport code
OAJL
Open location code
8J6G9FXX+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 369444761
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
1453109
Wiki­data ID
Q2742390
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Jalalabad Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار جلال آباد”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu de Jalalabad”
  • Bengali: “জালালাবাদ বিমানবন্দর”
  • Cebuano: “Jalālābād Airfield”
  • Chinese: “賈拉拉巴德機場”
  • Chinese: “贾拉拉巴德机场/賈拉拉巴德機場”
  • Chinese: “贾拉拉巴德机场”
  • Finnish: “Jalalabadin lentoasema”
  • French: “aéroport de Jalalabad”
  • French: “Aéroport de Jalalabad”
  • German: “Flughafen Dschalalabad”
  • Greek: “Αεροδρόμιο της Τζελαλαμπάντ”
  • Hungarian: “Dzsalalabad repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Jalalabad”
  • Indonesian: “JAA”
  • Indonesian: “OAJL”
  • Italian: “aeroporto di Jalalabad”
  • Japanese: “ジャラーラーバード空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Jalalabad”
  • Persian: “JAA”
  • Persian: “OAJL”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه جلال‌آباد”
  • Persian: “میدانٔ هوائئ جلال آباد”
  • Persian: “میدان هوایی جلال‌آباد”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Dżalalabad”
  • Pushto: “د جلال اباد هوايي ډګر”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Jalalabad”
  • Russian: “Джелалабад”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Jalalabad”
  • Spanish: “OAJL”
  • Swedish: “Jalalabads flygplats”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи ҷалол‌обод”
  • Turkish: “Celalabad Havalimanı”
  • Urdu: “جلال آباد ایئرپورٹ”
  • Uzbek: “Jalolobod aeroporti (Afgʻoniston)”
  • Uzbek: “Jalolobod aeroporti”

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