# Khost International Airport (KHT / OAKS)

**Khost International Airport** (IATA: KHT, ICAO: OAKS) is a medium airport in Khost, Khost Province, Afghanistan. It has one runway, 2,664 m (8,740 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KHT / OAKS
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Khost, Khost Province, Afghanistan
- Elevation: 1,281 m / 4,204 ft
- Coordinates: 33.2846, 69.8073
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,664 m / 8,740 ft
- Time zone: UTC+4:30 · Asia/Kabul
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khost_International_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2875517
- Ident: OAKS

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 2,664 m / 8,740 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Routes

5 destinations in 4 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (5)

- [KBL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oakb.md) Kabul International Airport · Afghanistan · 153 km / 95 mi · Kam Air
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 1,658 km / 1,030 mi · Kam Air
- [AAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omal.md) Al Ain International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 1,706 km / 1,060 mi · Ariana Afghan Airlines
- [KWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/okkk.md) Kuwait International Airport · Kuwait · 2,120 km / 1,317 mi · Kam Air
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 3,271 km / 2,033 mi · Kam Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- RQ [Kam Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kam-air) · 4
- FG [Ariana Afghan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ariana-afghan-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,664 m / 8,740 ft | #1,973 of 29,858 | #613 in Asia | #7 in AF |
| Elevation | 1,281 m / 4,204 ft | =3,153 of 43,403 | #354 in Asia | #36 in AF |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =2 in AF |

## Nearby airports

- [AF-0017](https://dromopedia.com/airports/af-0017.md) Salerno South Airport · 14 km / 9.0 mi
- [OLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oasl.md) Salerno Airport · 16 km / 10 mi
- [AF-0014](https://dromopedia.com/airports/af-0014.md) Salerno North Field · 18 km / 11 mi
- [OPMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opmn.md) Miram Shah Airport · 38 km / 24 mi
- [GRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oagz.md) Gardez Airport · 65 km / 41 mi
- [URN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oaog.md) Urgun Airport · 73 km / 45 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Khost International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Khost_International_Airport&oldid=1363048847), revision of 7 Jul 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/oaks/data