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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
IATA: KHT ICAO: OAKS
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Operator	Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation Afghan Air Force (until 15 August 2021)
Serves	Khost
Location	Khost, Afghanistan
Elevation AMSL	3,760 ft / 1,146 m
Coordinates	33°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]

In August 2021, Khost Airport fell to the Taliban after a surrender by government forces.[5] The Taliban does not yet have an air force which can be deployed from the airfield, although it has captured equipment from the facility from the Afghan National Army and Afghan Air Force.

History

The airport was expanded by the Soviet Union during the 1980s Soviet–Afghan War.[6] 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.[7]

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

The airport was inaugurated officially on July 11, 2021 by Afghan president Mohammad Ashraf Ghani,[10] who was there to personally welcome passengers of a flight from Dubai.

See also

• List of airports in Afghanistan

References

External links

• Evaluation Delegation ‘bypassed’ in Khost Airport contract (Pajhwok Afghan News, Feb. 27, 2019).
• President Ghani inaugurated a number of projects in Khost on YouTube, April 9, 2018, Zhman TV.
• Khost Airport on YouTube, November 26, 2017, BBC Pashto.
• User information
• Airport record for Khost Airport at Landings.com.

На других языках

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[fr] Aérodrome de Khôst

L'aérodrome de Khôst est situé dans la province de Khôst à 3 kilomètres au sud-est de Khôst, 15 kilomètres au nord et à l'est de la frontière avec le Pakistan, 130 kilomètres au sud-est de Ghazni et 137 kilomètres au sud sud-est de Kaboul.

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