Airport · Afghanistan
Herat - Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International Airport
A large airport with scheduled flights, serving Herāt.
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Afghanistan at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Codes
- HEA · OAHR
- Serves
- Herāt
- 16 km in a straight line
- Local time
- Asia/Kabul
- Elevation
- 977 m
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 3,014 m
- From DXB
- 1,200 km
- 2 hrs 10 mins · Estimate
Facts
HEA at a glance
From OurAirports (public domain), with the time zone of the place it serves.
- Codes
- IATA HEAICAO OAHR
- Size
- Large
- To the city centre
- 16 km in a straight line
- Elevation
- 977 m (3,206 ft)
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 3,014 m
- Time zone
- Asia/Kabul
- Links
- Wikipedia
- When to go
- Herāt, month by month
How far it is from the UAE
HEA from the UAE
From DXBHEA
1,200 km
2 hrs 10 mins · Estimate
From AUHHEA
1,310 km
2 hrs 15 mins · Estimate
The great-circle distance, and a rough flying time: the distance at an average 850 km/h plus 45 minutes for take-off and landing. Real flights follow airways, meet headwinds and wait for traffic, so schedules differ.
Facts
Practical facts
The currency, plugs and emergency numbers of Afghanistan, where the airport is, and its clock right now.
- Local time
- Asia/Kabul
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Currency
- Afghan Afghani AFNToday's indicative rate: AFN 10 ≈ USD 0.154Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Plugs
- Type C and F240 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 100police101fire102ambulance112general emergencyAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Calling code · Driving
- +93 · On the right
Travel advice
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Afghanistan at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)