Khost Airfield

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Khost Airport
دخوست هوائی ډګر
IATA: KHT – ICAO: OAKS
KDH
Location of airport in Afghanistan
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner  Afghanistan
Operator Afghan Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation
Afghan Ministry of Defense
Serves Khost Province and nearby areas
Location Khost, Afghanistan
Elevation AMSL 3,844 ft / 1,171 m
Coordinates 33°20′0.9″N 69°57′6.2″E / 33.333583°N 69.951722°E / 33.333583; 69.951722 (Khost Airport (Khost))Coordinates: 33°20′0.9″N 69°57′6.2″E / 33.333583°N 69.951722°E / 33.333583; 69.951722 (Khost Airport (Khost))
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 8,805 2,683 Gravel
Source: Landings.com[1]

Khost Airport (IATA: KHT, ICAO: OAKS) is located next to the city of Khost in eastern Afghanistan. The airport is has been renovated in the last several years[2] and is not ready for public use as of yet. Civilian passengers are allowed to use the nearby NATO's airport for domestic flights to and from the Afghan capital, Kabul.[3]

History

Expanded by the Soviets in the 1980s to support bombing activity during the Soviet war in Afghanistan,[4] it has packed dirt runways now maintained by the U.S. Armed Forces and the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). The US maintains a 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.[5]

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 began to improve the Khost Airport in September 2011.[2] Civilian passengers between Khost and Kabul are allowed to use NATO's Sehra Bagh Airport until Khost Aiport is completed.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Airport record for Khost Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-8-1
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Construction work on Khost airport launched". Pajhwok Afghan News. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 2014-01-18. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Kabul-Khost flights formally begin". Pajhwok Afghan News. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-18. 
  4. ↑ Warrick, Joby, The Triple Agent, New York: Doubleday, 2011. p. 26
  5. ↑ http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=KHT Aviation-Safety.net

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