Airport · Afghanistan
Khost International Airport
A medium airport with scheduled flights, serving Khōst.
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
- KHT · OAKS
- Serves
- Khōst
- 12 km in a straight line
- Local time
- Asia/Kabul
- Elevation
- 1,281 m
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 2,664 m
- From DXB
- 1,660 km
- 2 hrs 40 mins · Estimate
Facts
KHT at a glance
From OurAirports (public domain), with the time zone of the place it serves.
- Codes
- IATA KHTICAO OAKS
- Size
- Medium
- Serves
- Khōst
- To the city centre
- 12 km in a straight line
- Elevation
- 1,281 m (4,204 ft)
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 2,664 m
- Time zone
- Asia/Kabul
- Links
- Wikipedia
- When to go
- Khōst, month by month
How far it is from the UAE
KHT from the UAE
From DXBKHT
1,660 km
2 hrs 40 mins · Estimate
From AUHKHT
1,770 km
2 hrs 50 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)