Highest Airports in Afghanistan

Airports in Afghanistan ranked by elevation above sea level.

📅 2026📏 metres50 entries🇦🇫 See all of this country’s rankings →

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (metres); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

Little Pamir AirportErghail · 13,340 ft above sea level

4,066 m

Shebartu Landing Zone AirportBum-e Shebar · 10,490 ft above sea level

3,197 m

Lal (Sarjangal) AirportLal · 9,220 ft above sea level

2,810 m

Panjab AirportPanjab · 8,800 ft above sea level

2,682 m

Yakawlang (Yakolang) AirportYakawlang · 8,700 ft above sea level

2,652 m

Nayak AirportYakawlang · 8,650 ft above sea level

2,637 m

Ishkashim AirportIshkashim · 8,420 ft above sea level

2,566 m

Koran va Monjan AirportKoran va Monjan · 8,420 ft above sea level

2,566 m

Bamyan AirportBamyan · 8,367 ft above sea level

2,550 m

Ajrestan AirportAjrestan · 8,324 ft above sea level

2,537 m

Joghari AirportJoghari · 8,248 ft above sea level

2,514 m

Gardez AirportGardez · 7,790 ft above sea level

2,374 m

Chaghcharan AirportChaghcharan · 7,383 ft above sea level

2,250 m

Taywarah AirportTaywarah · 7,370 ft above sea level

2,246 m

Sharana AirstripSharana · 7,340 ft above sea level

2,237 m

Urgun AirportUrgun · 7,300 ft above sea level

2,225 m

Forward Operating Base Arian AirfieldGhazni · 7,106 ft above sea level

2,166 m

Sardeh Band AirportSardeh Band · 6,971 ft above sea level

2,125 m

Shank Air BaseBaraki Barak · 6,890 ft above sea level

2,100 m

Orūzgān AirportOrūzgān · 6,725 ft above sea level

2,050 m

Sheghnan AirportShiveh · 6,700 ft above sea level

2,042 m

Muqur AirportMuqur · 6,600 ft above sea level

2,012 m

Logar Airport6,333 ft above sea level

1,930 m

Kutub Khel AirportKutub Khel · 6,273 ft above sea level

1,912 m

Kabul International AirportKabul · 5,877 ft above sea level

1,791 m

Yawan AirportYawan · 5,645 ft above sea level

1,721 m

Charikar AirportGolbahar · 5,569 ft above sea level

1,697 m

Qalat AirportQalat · 5,383 ft above sea level

1,641 m

Darwaz AirportDarwaz · 5,250 ft above sea level

1,600 m

Bagram AirfieldBagram · 4,895 ft above sea level

1,492 m

Rostaq AirportRostaq · 4,543 ft above sea level

1,385 m

Tarinkot AirportTarinkot · 4,429 ft above sea level

1,350 m

Khost International AirportKhost · 4,204 ft above sea level

1,281 m

Fayzabad AirportFayzabad · 3,872 ft above sea level

1,180 m

Salerno AirportKhost · 3,780 ft above sea level

1,152 m

Shindand Air BaseShindand · 3,773 ft above sea level

1,150 m

Salerno North FieldKhost · 3,757 ft above sea level

1,145 m

Salerno South AirportKhost · 3,756 ft above sea level

1,145 m

Khwahan AirportKhwahan · 3,593 ft above sea level

1,095 m

Ahmad Shah Baba International AirportKandahar · 3,337 ft above sea level

1,017 m

Camp Rhino AirstripRigestan Desert · 3,229 ft above sea level

984 m

Herat - Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International AirportGuzara · 3,206 ft above sea level

977 m

Farah AirportFarah · 3,083 ft above sea level

940 m

Qala-i-Naw AirportQala-i-Naw · 2,999 ft above sea level

914 m

Camp Shorabak AirfieldLashkar Gah · 2,943 ft above sea level

897 m

Maymana Zahiraddin Faryabi AirportMaymana · 2,743 ft above sea level

836 m

Tapa AirportFarah Rud · 2,622 ft above sea level

799 m

Taleqan AirportTaleqan · 2,606 ft above sea level

794 m

Bost AirportLashkar Gah · 2,464 ft above sea level

751 m

Dwyer AirportReg · 2,380 ft above sea level

725 m

Highlights

Within Afghanistan, Little Pamir Airport ranks first in 2026 with 4,066 m, followed by Shebartu Landing Zone Airport (3,197 m) and Lal (Sarjangal) Airport (2,810 m).

Across 50 entries, values run from 4,066 m (Little Pamir Airport) to 725 m (Dwyer Airport), with a median of 1,756 m.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets, 2026. Unit: metres.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets · Public domain (OurAirports) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — Airport and runway records are community maintained and released to the public domain; no guarantee of accuracy is made. Only active small, medium, and large airports are included.

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Highlights

Within Afghanistan, Little Pamir Airport ranks first in 2026 with 4,066 m, followed by Shebartu Landing Zone Airport (3,197 m) and Lal (Sarjangal) Airport (2,810 m).

Across 50 entries, values run from 4,066 m (Little Pamir Airport) to 725 m (Dwyer Airport), with a median of 1,756 m.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets, 2026. Unit: metres.