HEA

Herat - Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International Airport

ICAO OAHR34.2100°N 62.2283°E977 m / 3,206 ftLarge airport
On the map
Plane of Pamir Airways at Herat Airport in 2010
USAID Afghanistan · Public domain · Commons

Herat - Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International Airport (IATA: HEA, ICAO: OAHR) is a large airport in Guzara, Herat Province, Afghanistan. It opened in 1950. It has one runway, 3,014 m (9,888 ft) long, asphalt.

Timeline

1 event · 1950–1950
1950
OpenedHerat - Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Massimo Ranzani Terminal
18/36187° / 007°
LENGTH3,014 m9,888 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

2 destinations · 2 countries
Most destinationsAriana Afghan Airlines 2Kam Air 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from HEA. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International Airport” (revision of 14 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,014 m9,888 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#1,141of 29,823 · #327 Asia · #4 AFElevation977 m3,206 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#4,970of 43,341 · #463 Asia · #45 AFAgeOpened 19502026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,626of 15,079 · =187 Asia · =1 AFRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =2 AF
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

1 channels
TWRTWR118.100