Afghanistan · Kabul

Hamid Karzai International Airport (KBL)

A working profile of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan: identifiers, location, the destinations served by scheduled flights, and the airlines that operate there.

KBLIATA
OAKBICAO
15Destinations on file
11Operating airlines
28Departures on file

Quick facts

  • Full name: Hamid Karzai International Airport
  • Serves: Kabul, Afghanistan
  • Coordinates: 34.5659, 69.2123
  • Elevation: 5,877 ft
  • Time zone: Asia/Kabul

Hamid Karzai International Airport sits inside the air network of Afghanistan. It shows 28 distinct scheduled departures across 15 destinations and 11 operating carriers in the OpenFlights routes table. Whether it works as a primary hub, a focus city, or a regional feeder depends on the size of those numbers. The bigger they get, the more likely the airport supports connecting traffic on top of its point-to-point passengers.

Destinations from KBL

Destinations are listed in order of how many distinct airline codes serve them. Click any code for the destination's own airport profile, or jump to the dedicated route page.

Airport profile data
IATADestinationCityCountryRouteOperators
DEL Indira Gandhi International Airport Delhi India KBL→DEL 5
DXB Dubai International Airport Dubai United Arab Emirates KBL→DXB 5
HEA Herat Airport Herat Afghanistan KBL→HEA 3
ISB New Islamabad International Airport Islamabad Pakistan KBL→ISB 2
MZR Mazar I Sharif Airport Mazar-i-sharif Afghanistan KBL→MZR 2
KDH Kandahar Airport Kandahar Afghanistan KBL→KDH 2
IKA Imam Khomeini International Airport Tehran Iran KBL→IKA 1
MHD Mashhad International Airport Mashhad Iran KBL→MHD 1
ESB Esenboğa International Airport Ankara Turkey KBL→ESB 1
GYD Heydar Aliyev International Airport Baku Azerbaijan KBL→GYD 1
KWI Kuwait International Airport Kuwait Kuwait KBL→KWI 1
DWC Al Maktoum International Airport Dubai United Arab Emirates KBL→DWC 1
PEW Peshawar International Airport Peshawar Pakistan KBL→PEW 1
DYU Dushanbe Airport Dushanbe Tajikistan KBL→DYU 1
IST Istanbul Airport Istanbul Turkey KBL→IST 1

Airlines operating at KBL

Carriers ranked by the number of routes they file from this airport.

Airport profile data (section 2)
IATAAirlineCountryRoutes from KBL
FG Ariana Afghan Airlines Afghanistan 7
4Q Safi Airlines Afghanistan 5
HN Hankook Airline South Korea 3
RQ Kam Air Afghanistan 3
EP Iran Aseman Airlines Iran 2
FZ Fly Dubai United Arab Emirates 2
PK Pakistan International Airlines Pakistan 2
AI Air India Limited India 1
EK Emirates United Arab Emirates 1
SG Spicejet India 1
TK Turkish Airlines Turkey 1

Inbound origin airports

Where flights into KBL typically originate, ranked by the number of operators on file.

Airport profile data (section 3)
IATAOrigin airportCityCountryOperators
DEL Indira Gandhi International Airport Delhi India 5
DXB Dubai International Airport Dubai United Arab Emirates 5
HEA Herat Airport Herat Afghanistan 3
ISB New Islamabad International Airport Islamabad Pakistan 2
MZR Mazar I Sharif Airport Mazar-i-sharif Afghanistan 2
KDH Kandahar Airport Kandahar Afghanistan 2
IKA Imam Khomeini International Airport Tehran Iran 1
MHD Mashhad International Airport Mashhad Iran 1
GYD Heydar Aliyev International Airport Baku Azerbaijan 1
KWI Kuwait International Airport Kuwait Kuwait 1
DWC Al Maktoum International Airport Dubai United Arab Emirates 1
PEW Peshawar International Airport Peshawar Pakistan 1
IST Istanbul Airport Istanbul Turkey 1

How to read this page

The destinations table is the core of an airport profile. It tells you, at a glance, where you can fly directly from KBL on a published schedule. The "operators" column doesn't measure frequency. It measures how many distinct airline codes file the route. So a "3" means three different carriers list KBL to that destination, even if one of them runs the route many times a day while the others only manage it weekly. For practical trip planning, use the table as a starting list and confirm the airline's own schedule for your travel dates.

The airline list shows which carriers treat KBL as part of their network. Many will be foreign carriers running one or two flights, while a handful will use the airport as a base. To see where those carriers fly elsewhere, click through to any airline page. Each airline profile includes a route sample drawn from the same dataset.