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Airport type
  
Public

Elevation AMSL
  
1,457 ft / 444 m

6,550
  
1,996

Code
  
UND

Owner
  
Afghanistan

Location
  
Kunduz, Afghanistan

11/29
  
6,550

Address
  
Kunduz, Afghanistan

Elevation
  
435 m

Kunduz Airport

Operator
  
Afghan Ministry of Transport and Civil AviationAfghan Ministry of Defense

Kunduz Airport (IATA: UND, ICAO: OAUZ) is a public and military airport located 5 miles (8 km) south-southeast of Kunduz (also spelled Konduz), a city in Kunduz Province in Afghanistan. It is also 9 miles (14 km) west of Khan Abad, 25 miles (40 km) south of the Oxus River, and 33 miles (53 km) south of the Tajikistan border.

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The airport is operated by the Afghan Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation. It also used by the Afghan Ministry of Defense and the Resolute Support Mission.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 1,457 feet (444 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 11/29 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,550 by 148 feet (1,996 m × 45 m). A new terminal was added to the airport in 2017, which has a capacity of 1,300 passengers. The entire airport is being expanded.

Incidents

  • On 17 May 2010, confirmed reports state that Pamir Airways Flight 112, an Antonov An-24, crashed 100 km away from Kabul International Airport. The plane was en route from Kunduz Airport to Kabul, when it suddenly disappeared from radars. The wreckage was located on 20 May, rescuers reached the site on 21 May. No signs of life were found.
  • On 28 September 2015, during the Battle of Kunduz, many civilians from the city of Kunduz fled to the airport, which was not taken by the Taliban. According to a government security official, the Taliban had been vastly outnumbered, with only an estimated 500 fighters remaining against about 7,000 government troops and allied militia members. However, local politicians from Kunduz said that the government had failed to provide leadership and support to its fighters in the area.

    • References

    Kunduz Airport Wikipedia
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