Herat Airport

Herat Airport
A Pamir Airways parked at Herat Aiport
IATA: HEA – ICAO: OAHR HEA Location of airport in Afghanistan
Summary
Airport type		Public/Military
Owner		Afghanistan
Operator		Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation / ISAF
Location		Herat
Elevation AMSL		3,205 ft / 977 m
Coordinates		34°12′38″N 62°13′42″E / 34.21056°N 62.22833°E / 34.21056; 62.22833Coordinates: 34°12′38″N 62°13′42″E / 34.21056°N 62.22833°E / 34.21056; 62.22833
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
18/36	8,435	2,571	Paved

Herat Airport (soon to be Herat International Airport) (IATA: HEA, ICAO: OAHR) is 6.5 miles (10.5 km) southeast of the city Herat, just east of the Herat-Farah road, close to Guzara in the Guzara District of the Herat Province.

The airport was originally built by engineers from the United States in the late 1950s. During the 1980s Soviet war, it was heavily used by the Soviets to launch bombardment missions on Mujahideen rebel forces. During the late 2001 Operation Enduring Freedom, it was bombed by US-British planes. Prior to the arrival of NATO's forces, the airport was a military base for fighters and transport aircraft (likely Antonov An-26, Antonov An-32 and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21).

It has been used by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in the last decade as well as by the military of Afghanistan and the Afghan Border Police. In recent years the runway was extended and newly paved. The airport will soon become international, Herat International Airport, in which direct flights will go between Herat and Iran, Pakistan, Dubai, Tajikistan and other destinations.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Ariana Afghan Airlines	Kabul, Mazar-i-Sharif, Kandahar
Kam Air	Kabul
Safi Airways	Mazar-i-Sharif

See also

• List of airports in Afghanistan
• List of airlines of Afghanistan

References

• Ariana Afghan Airlines schedule
• Pamir Airways schedule

External links

• Herat Airfield military role - information, photos and satellite views at globalsecurity.org