Herat International Airport
Herat International Airport, also known as Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International Airport, (IATA: HEA, ICAO: OAHR) is located 10.5 km (6.5 mi) southeast of the city of Herat in western Afghanistan, east of the Herat-Farah road, close to Guzara in the Guzara District of the Herat Province. It is Afghanistan's fourth largest commercial airport after the Kabul International Airport in Kabul, the Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport in Kandahar and the Mawlana Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi International Airport in Mazar-i-Sharif.
Herat International Airport Persian: میدان هوایی بین المللی هرات | |||||||||||
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A Pamir Airways Boeing 737 jet parked at the airport in 2010 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Afghanistan | ||||||||||
| Operator | GAAC Holding | ||||||||||
| Serves | Herat Province | ||||||||||
| Location | Herat | ||||||||||
| Built | 1960s | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,290 ft / 1,003 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°12′36″N 62°13′42″E | ||||||||||
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HEA Location of airport in Afghanistan | |||||||||||
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Source: Landings.com, AIP Afghanistan | |||||||||||
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