Airports / Afghanistan / KBL
Kabul International Airport
OAKB / KBLKabul, AfghanistanELEV 5,877 FT
Based operators
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
2 operators
Charter fleet based on the field
More resident charter operators than 58% of the 650 US fields with a based fleet on the register.
23 nm
To the nearest alternate
Bagram Airfield (OAI).
Overview
Kabul International Airport, listed as OAKB / KBL, is a large commercial airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. The airport sits 5,877 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
The airport anchors local charter capacity — East Horizon Airlines and Kam Air are based here. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Bagram Airfield (OAI, 23 nm), Jalalabad Airport (JAA, 64 nm), and Khost International Airport (KHT, 82 nm).
Charter pricing from KBL depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Hamid Karzai International Airport and Khwaja Rawash Airport. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Kabul.
Field capability
ICAO
OAKB
IATA
KBL
FAA / Local
OAKB
Elevation
5,877 ft
Coordinates
34.5659° N · 69.2123° 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
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Afghanistan fields
state range 1,284–5,877 ft
At 5,877 ft, KBL sits higher than 89% of the 9 Afghanistan fields on the register — a high-elevation field where density altitude can trim aircraft performance on warm days.
Based charter operators2
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 23nmOAIBagram AirfieldBagram
- 64nmJAAJalalabad AirportJalalabad
- 82nmKHTKhost International AirportKhost
- 119nmPEWBacha Khan International AirportPeshawar
- 127nmUNDKunduz AirportKunduz
- 140nmOPRSRisalpur Air BaseRisalpur
Location
Open the full mapOAKB · Kabul International Airport · Kabul, Afghanistan