Herat International Airport

Herat International Airport

Persian: میدان هوایی بین المللی هرات
Herat International Airport; Persian: میدان هوایی بین المللی هرات
	A Pamir Airways Boeing 737 jet parked at the airport in 2010
	IATA: HEA; ICAO: OAHR;
Summary
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 / 34.21000°N 62.22833°E
Map
	HEA Location of airport in Afghanistan
Runways
	Source: Landings.com, AIP Afghanistan

Herat International Airport, also known as Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International Airport,^[5] (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.^[6]

^ Faiez, Rahim (9 September 2022). "Taliban: UAE Firm to Run Flight Services on Afghan Airports". The Diplomat. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
^ Cite error: The named reference Area Handbook for Afghanistan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Airport record for Herat Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 1 August 2013
^ "AIP - Important Information - Civil Aviation Authority". Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
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