# Herat - Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International Airport (HEA / OAHR)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/oahr

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HEA / OAHR
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Guzara, Herat Province, Afghanistan
- Opened: 1950
- Elevation: 977 m / 3,206 ft
- Coordinates: 34.2100, 62.2283
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,014 m / 9,888 ft
- Time zone: UTC+4:30 · Asia/Kabul
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khwaja_Abdullah_Ansari_International_Airport (24 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431482
- Weather station: OAHR · WMO 40938
- Ident: OAHR

## Timeline

- 1950: Herat - Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 3,014 m / 9,888 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 187° / 007° |  |

## Routes

2 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [KBL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oakb.md) Kabul International Airport · Afghanistan · 642 km / 399 mi · Kam Air, Ariana Afghan Airlines

### Seasonal (1)

- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 2,650 km / 1,647 mi · Ariana Afghan Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from HEA, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- FG [Ariana Afghan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ariana-afghan-airlines) · 2
- RQ [Kam Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kam-air) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,014 m / 9,888 ft | #1,141 of 29,858 | #326 in Asia | #4 in AF |
| Elevation | 977 m / 3,206 ft | #4,974 of 43,403 | #463 in Asia | #45 in AF |
| Age | Opened 1950 | =3,626 of 15,079 | =187 in Asia | =1 in AF |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =2 in AF |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [OAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oasd.md) Shindand Air Base · 91 km / 57 mi
- [LQN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oaqn.md) Qala-i-Naw Airport · 119 km / 74 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Khwaja_Abdullah_Ansari_International_Airport&oldid=1374812644), revision of 14 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/oahr/data