Khost Airport (Pashto: د خوست هوايي ډګر‎; IATA: KHT, ICAO: OAKS) is located next to the city of Khost in eastern Afghanistan. It has been used historically for military purposes only but in recent years it was developed and expanded to be used also for commercial flights.

The airport will be known as Khost International Airport in the near future. It will serve people of Loya Paktia and the Waziristan region in neighboring Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

Airlines and destinations

As of October 2019, Kam Air scheduled its first domestic flight from KABUL>KHOST airport.

Weekly flights take place, with a flight from Kabul > Khost every Thursday. Fares starting from $65, One way.

History

The airport was expanded by the Soviet Union during the 1980s Soviet–Afghan War. It was further expanded during the U.S.-led war. The United States built a military base there known as Forward Operating Base Chapman.

There had been three major reported accidents, all of them during the 1980s mujahideen fighting and involved Russian-made Antonov An-26 aircraft.

In December 2009, seven CIA employees were killed in a suicide attack at the nearby Forward Operating Base Chapman (FOB Chapman). The bomber, Humam Balawi of Jordan, wore a suicide vest and blew himself up in the base, killing the base commander, CIA agents and civilian contractors.

Work to improve the Khost Airport began in late 2011. Civilian passengers between Khost and Kabul were allowed to use NATO's Sehra Bagh Airport until Khost Airport was completed.

The airport will become international in the near future, taking passengers to and from Dubai.

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