Nonstop flight route between Damascus, Syria and Kandahar, Afghanistan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Damascus International Airport (DAM), Damascus, Syria and Kabul International Airport (KDH), Kandahar, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,710 miles (or 2,751 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the relatively short distance between Damascus International Airport and Kabul International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | DAM / OSDI | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Damascus, Syria | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 33°24'41"N by 36°30'56"E | 
| Area Served: | Damascus | 
| Operator/Owner: | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | 
| Airport Type: | Joint (Civil and Military) | 
| Elevation: | 2020 feet (616 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 2 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from DAM | 
| More Information: | DAM Maps & Info | 
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | KDH / OAKN | 
| Airport Names: | 
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| Location: | Kandahar, Afghanistan | 
| GPS Coordinates: | 31°30'25"N by 65°51'1"E | 
| Area Served: | Southern Afghanistan | 
| Operator/Owner: | Afghanistan | 
| Airport Type: | Public/Military | 
| Elevation: | 3330 feet (1,015 meters) | 
| # of Runways: | 1 | 
| View all routes: | Routes from KDH | 
| More Information: | KDH Maps & Info | 
Facts about Damascus International Airport (DAM):
- Damascus International Airport is a public airport located in Damascus, the capital of Syria.
- The closest airport to Damascus International Airport (DAM) is Kiryat Shmona Airport (KSW), which is located 55 miles (88 kilometers) WSW of DAM.
- In addition to being known as "Damascus International Airport", another name for DAM is "مطار دمشق الدولي".
- Damascus International Airport handled 5,500,000 passengers last year.
- Damascus International Airport (DAM) has 2 runways.
- The furthest airport from Damascus International Airport (DAM) is Totegegie Airport (GMR), which is located 11,553 miles (18,592 kilometers) away in Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
- The airport features two duty-free outlets.
Facts about Kabul International Airport (KDH):
- As of 2007, the airport has been repaired and expanded.
- Kabul International Airport (KDH) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Kabul International Airport (KDH) is Tarin Kowt Airport (TII), which is located 76 miles (123 kilometers) N of KDH.
- The furthest airport from Kabul International Airport (KDH) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is nearly antipodal to Kabul International Airport (meaning Kabul International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Mataveri International Airport), and is located 12,023 miles (19,349 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- The airport was mostly used at this time for military and humanitarian purposes, hosting regular flights of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross to and from Kabul, Jalalabad, Herat and Peshawar.
- 2009 Surge and onwards
- Eight General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon close air support fighters of the Royal Netherlands Air Force were deployed to Kandahar Airfield to support the expanded NATO operation in southern Afghanistan in late 2006.
- In addition to being known as "Kabul International Airport", other names for KDH include "Kandahar International Airport (Kandahar)" and "میدان هوایی بین المللی کندهار".
- Reconstruction and Canadian deployments




