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    • afghanistan Kandahar International Airport

    Kandahar, Kandahar

    Afghanistan





    Location


    Satellite and aerial maps of Kandahar with nearby locations

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    KmBearing
    19.2166 Chaghray Ghar, Kandahar
    39.4282 Camp Wilson, Kandahar
    121.7001OATN Tarin Kowt, Urozgan
    122.1054OAQA Qalat, Zabul
    133.8041 Southeastern Afghanistan, Zabul
    134.4312 Musa Qalah, Helmand



    31° 30' 20'' N - 65° 50' 20'' E
    9nm SE of Kandahar
    ICAO: OAKNIATA: KDH
    Elevation: 3338 feet




    History of this Location

    Kandahar International Airport (IATA: KDH) is co-located with the military Kandahar Airfield (KAF) and occupies Juliet Ramp, to the south east.

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    List of units at Kandahar

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    YearsRotary Wing Aircraft Unitbold : Current Model
    normal: Unit no longer at this base
    2014UK 845 NASSea King HC.4 1984/15
    2008/11CA JTF-Afg AWCH-178 2010/11
    CH-146 Griffon 2008/11
    CH-47D Chinook 2008/11
    2008/12UK 845 NASSea King HC.4 1984/15
    2007/11UK 846 NASSea King HC.4 1979/13
    2006/14UK 1310 Flt414 - H-47D Chinook 1995/   
    2006/10UK 1710 Squadron



    Kandahar News

    First Afghan Black Hawk Pilots Graduate, 20-Nov-17 : Six Afghan Air Force members are the first AAF UH-60 Black Hawk pilots. Training takes 16 weeks and they expect to have 32 crews by 2019

    First UH-60A+ Black Hawk Delivered to Afghan Air Force, 19-Sep-17 : Afghan Air Force received first 4 of 159 expected UH-60A+ Black Hawk helicopters

    AAR Extended Support Contract in Afghanistan, 13-Jul-16 : US Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) awarded AAR new rotary wing airlift services contract to support US Central Command (CENTCOM) from Kandahar airfield, Afghanistan. AAR operating there since 2009

    USAF Train Mission Continues in Afghanistan, 26-May-15 : USAF Train, Advise, Assist Command – Air (TAAC-Air) continues their mission of building a professional, capable and sustainable Afghan Air Force.

    82nd CAB Conduct DART Training in Afghanistan, 14-Dec-14 : CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to 2nd Aviation Assault Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade simulates extraction of broken aircraft during a downed aircraft recovery team training exercise

    04-Jan-13 - 25th CAB Boost Patient Outcomes with Blood Products


    Operations

    DatesOperation
    20-dec-01ISAF
    07-oct-0131-dec-14Operation Herrick




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