# Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport (KDH / OAKN)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KDH / OAKN
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Afghan Air Force
- Serves: Kandahar, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
- Elevation: 1,017 m / 3,337 ft
- Coordinates: 31.5058, 65.8480
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,210 m / 10,532 ft
- Time zone: UTC+4:30 · Asia/Kabul
- Website: http://www.kandaharinternationalairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandahar_International_Airport (29 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33156
- Weather station: OAKN · WMO 40990
- Ident: OAKN

## Timeline

- 2001: Resolute Support Mission becomes the operator.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 3,210 m / 10,532 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 055° / 235° | yes |

## Routes

3 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [KBL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oakb.md) Kabul International Airport · Afghanistan · 463 km / 288 mi · Kam Air, Ariana Afghan Airlines
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 1,238 km / 769 mi · Ariana Afghan Airlines
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 2,860 km / 1,777 mi · Ariana Afghan Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- FG [Ariana Afghan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ariana-afghan-airlines) · 3
- 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 | 3,210 m / 10,532 ft | =793 of 29,858 | #236 in Asia | #3 in AF |
| Elevation | 1,017 m / 3,337 ft | =4,675 of 43,403 | #439 in Asia | #43 in AF |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =2 in AF |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | METRO | 25.320 |
| APP | APP | 120.800 |
| GCA | GCA | 122.600 |
| GND | GND | 126.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 125.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [OAQA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oaqa.md) Qalat Airport · 121 km / 75 mi
- [TII](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oatn.md) Tarinkot Airport · 122 km / 76 mi
- [BST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oabt.md) Bost Airport · 141 km / 87 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: “Kandahar International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kandahar_International_Airport&oldid=1374811224), 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/oakn/data