Kandahar Airport

Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport, also referred to as Kandahar International Airport, and by some military officials as Kandahar Airfield, is located in the Daman District of in , about 9 NM southeast from the city of .
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  • Type: Airport
  • Description: international airport serving Kandahar, Afghanistan
  • Also known as: Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport”, “Ḏe Afghānestān Baynulmelali Hawā’i Dagaṟ”, “Dê Afghānistān Baynulmilalī Hawā’ī Ḏagar”, “Ḏe Qanḏahāṟ Baynulmelali Hawā’i Dagaṟ”, “Dê Qandahār Baynulmilalī Hawā’ī Ḏagar”, “KAF”, “Kandahār”, “Kandahar Airfield”, “Kandahār Airfield”, “KDH”, “OAKN”, “د افغانستان بینلمللی هوائی ډگر”, and “د قندهار بینلمللی هوائی ډگر
  • Historically known as: Kandahar International Airport

Kandahar Airport

Latitude
31.50737° or 31° 30′ 27″ north
Longitude
65.85035° or 65° 51′ 1″ east
Elevation
1,017 metres (3,337 feet)
IATA airport code
KDH
ICAO airport code
OAKN
Open location code
8J37GV42+W4
Geo­Names ID
1453901
Wiki­data ID
Q33156
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Kandahar Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: مطار أحمد شاه بابا الدولي
  • Asturian: Aeropuertu Internacional de Kandahar
  • Basque: Kandaharreko Nazioarteko Aireportua
  • Catalan: Aeroport Internacional de Kandahar
  • Chinese: 坎大哈国际机场
  • Chinese: 坎大哈機場
  • Finnish: Kandaharin kansainvälinen lentoasema
  • French: aéroport de Kandahar
  • French: aéroport international de Kandahar
  • French: Aéroport international de Kandahar
  • French: KAF
  • French: KDH
  • French: OAKN
  • Galician: Aeroporto de Kandahar
  • German: Flughafen Kandahar
  • German: Kandahar International Airport
  • Hebrew: נמל התעופה הבינלאומי של קנדהאר
  • Hindi: कांधार अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय विमानक्षेत्र
  • Hungarian: Kandahári nemzetközi repülőtér
  • Indonesian: Bandar Udara Internasional Kandahar
  • Indonesian: Bandar Udara Kandahar
  • Italian: aeroporto internazionale di Kandahar
  • Italian: Aeroporto Internazionale di Kandahar
  • Japanese: カンダハール国際空港
  • Korean: 칸다하르 국제공항
  • Malay: Lapangan Terbang Kandahar
  • Marathi: कंदहार आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ
  • Marathi: कंदाहार आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kandahar internasjonale lufthavn
  • Norwegian: Kandahar internasjonale lufthavn
  • Persian: فرودگاه بین المللی قندهار
  • Persian: فرودگاه بین‌المللی قندهار
  • Persian: فرودگاه قندهار
  • Persian: ميدانٔ هوائئ كندهار
  • Persian: میدان هوایی بین المللی قندهار
  • Persian: میدان هوایی بین‌المللی قندهار
  • Persian: میدان هوایی قندهار
  • Polish: Port lotniczy Kandahar
  • Portuguese: Aeroporto Internacional de Candaar
  • Pushto: د کندهار نړيوال هوايي ډګر
  • Pushto: د کندهار نړيوال هوايي ډگر
  • Pushto: قندهار هوايي ډګر
  • Pushto: قندهار هوايي ميدان
  • Pushto: کندهار نړيوال هوايي ډګر
  • Pushto: کندهار هوايي ډګر
  • Pushto: کندهار هوايي ميدان
  • Pushto: کندهار هوایی میدان
  • Romanian: Aeroportul Internațional Kandahar
  • Romanian: Aeroportul Kandahar
  • Russian: Кандагар
  • Russian: Международный аэропорт Кандагара
  • Spanish: Aeropuerto de Kandahar
  • Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Kandahar
  • Spanish: KDH
  • Spanish: OAKN
  • Turkish: Kandehar Uluslararası Havalimanı
  • Urdu: احمد شاہ بابا بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈہ
  • Urdu: قندھار انٹرنیشنل ایئرپورٹ
  • Urdu: قندھار بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا
  • Urdu: قندھار بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈہ
  • Uzbek: Qandahor xalqaro aeroporti
  • Welsh: Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Kandahar

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