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Jalalabad Airport
OAJL / JAAJalalabad, AfghanistanELEV 1,814 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
56 nm
To the nearest alternate
Bacha Khan International Airport (PEW).
Overview
Jalalabad Airport (OAJL / JAA) is a mid-sized airport serving Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Field elevation is 1,814 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list JAA as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Bacha Khan International Airport (PEW, 56 nm), Kabul International Airport (KBL, 64 nm), and Bagram Airfield (OAI, 69 nm).
Trip costs from JAA are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from JAA to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
OAJL
IATA
JAA
FAA / Local
OAJL
Elevation
1,814 ft
Coordinates
34.3998° N · 70.4986° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Afghanistan fields
state range 1,284–5,877 ft
At 1,814 ft, JAA sits lower than 67% of the 9 Afghanistan fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 56nmPEWBacha Khan International AirportPeshawar
- 64nmKBLKabul International AirportKabul
- 69nmOAIBagram AirfieldBagram
- 75nmKHTKhost International AirportKhost
- 76nmOPRSRisalpur Air BaseRisalpur
- 95nmSDTSaidu Sharif AirportSaidu Sharif
Location
Open the full mapOAJL · Jalalabad Airport · Jalalabad, Afghanistan