Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport / Kandahar Airfield

Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport / Kandahar Airfield (OAKN) is a medium airport in Khvoshab, KAN, Afghanistan. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code OAKN or IATA code KDH. It sits in Asia.

Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport / Kandahar Airfield is a regional commercial airport that doubles as a busy private-aviation base. Operators benefit from full instrument approaches and an FBO infrastructure scaled for regular jet traffic, often without the congestion of the nearest major hub.

Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport / Kandahar Airfield lies at 3,337 ft elevation.

Local operations run on Asia/Kabul. Scheduled airline service is light enough that it rarely interferes with charter movements, though planners should still expect to coordinate with the handling agent for international turnarounds.

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Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport, also referred to as Kandahar International Airport, and by some military officials as Kandahar Airfield (KAF), is located in the Daman District of Kandahar Province in Afghanistan, about 9 NM southeast from the city of Kandahar. It serves as the nation's second main international airport and as one of the largest main operating bases, capable of housing up to 250 aircraft of different sizes. The current head of the airport is Maulvi Fathullah Mansour.