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Airport
Code	OAKN
Name	Kandahar
Region	Asia and Pacific
Territory	Afghanistan
Location	Kandahar Province
Elevation	1014.984009 m3,330 ft
Coordinates	31° 30' 23" N, 65° 50' 57" E
All Airports in OA	OABN, OABT, OACC, OADZ, OAFR, OAFZ, OAHR, OAIX, OAJL, OAKB, OAKN, OAKS, OAMS, OASD, OAUZ

Runways
Designator Length Width Surface 5/23 3210 m10,531.496 ft 45 m147.638 ft ASP

METAR
Observation	OAKN 251850Z 25005KT 9000 DU FEW150 24/01 A2983 RMK SLP037 SLP ESTMD Q1010 DA5300 RH20 BLU BLU
Station	KANDAHAR INTL AR
Elevation	1010 metres
Date/Time	25 May 2013 18:50:00
Wind direction	250°
Wind speed	05 kts
Clouds	few clouds
Clouds code	FEW
Temperature	24°C
Dew point	1°C
Humidity	22%
QNH	hPa
Weather condition	n/a

RE
Tag(s)	Hot and High Operations

Kandahar Airport

ICAO: OAKN IATA: KDH

Description

Kandahar International Airport (more commonly known as Kandahar Airport) is located 16 km8.639 nm
16,000 m
52,493.438 ft south-east of Kandahar City in Afghanistan.

Climatology

Cold Semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk). - Hot, sometimes extremely hot summers and cold, sometimes very cold winters. Some snowfall during the winter. Areas featuring cold semi-arid climates are sometimes subject to major temperature swings during a 24 hour period.

Maps

Terrain

Airport Layout

Flight Safety Considerations

• Hot and High Operations, refer to a combination of aerodrome altitude and temperature which have a detrimental effect on aircraft performance.

Accidents & Serious Incidents at or in vicinity of OAKN

• NIM, vicinity Kandahar Afghanistan, 2006 (AW FIRE LOC) (On 2 September 2006, a UK Royal Air Force (RAF) Nimrod, engaged in operations over Afghanistan experienced a bomb bay fire shortly after completing air-to-air refuelling. The fire spread and the aircraft exploded in flight before the crew were able to land at Kandahar.)