KDH

Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport

ICAO OAKN31.5058°N 65.8480°E1,017 m / 3,337 ftLarge airport
On the map
Women from 203rd Zone Afghan Border Police and TAAC-S attend shura at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan 150809-N-SQ656-227
Lt. Kristine Volk · Public domain · Commons

Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport (IATA: KDH, ICAO: OAKN) is a large airport in Kandahar, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. It has one runway, 3,210 m (10,532 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Afghan Air Force.

Timeline

1 event · 2001–2001
2001
MilestoneResolute Support Mission becomes the operator.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
د احمد شاه بابا نړيوال هوايي ډګر ترمينل
05/23055° / 235° · LIT
LENGTH3,210 m10,532 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

3 destinations · 3 countries
Most destinationsAriana Afghan Airlines 3Kam Air 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KDH. From the Wikipedia article “Kandahar International Airport” (revision of 14 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,210 m10,532 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=794of 29,823 · #238 Asia · #3 AFElevation1,017 m3,337 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=4,671of 43,341 · #439 Asia · #43 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

5 channels
A/GMETRO25.320
APPAPP120.800
GCAGCA122.600
GNDGND126.700
TWRTWR125.500