Nonstop flight route between Oral (Uralsk), Kazakhstan and Kabul, Afghanistan:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Oral Ak Zhol Airport (URA), Oral (Uralsk), Kazakhstan and Kabul International Airport (KBL), Kabul, Afghanistan would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,446 miles (or 2,327 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 Oral Ak Zhol 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: | URA / UARR |
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| Location: | Oral (Uralsk), Kazakhstan |
| GPS Coordinates: | 51°9'2"N by 51°32'35"E |
| Area Served: | Oral |
| Operator/Owner: | JSC "Ak jol International Airport" |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 125 feet (38 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 4 |
| View all routes: | Routes from URA |
| More Information: | URA Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | KBL / OAKB |
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| Location: | Kabul, Afghanistan |
| GPS Coordinates: | 34°33'56"N by 69°12'43"E |
| Area Served: | Kabul, Kabul Province, Afghanistan |
| Operator/Owner: | Afghanistan |
| Airport Type: | Public / Military |
| Elevation: | 5877 feet (1,791 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from KBL |
| More Information: | KBL Maps & Info |
Facts about Oral Ak Zhol Airport (URA):
- In addition to being known as "Oral Ak Zhol Airport", another name for URA is "Uralsk Airport".
- Because of Oral Ak Zhol Airport's relatively low elevation of 125 feet, planes can take off or land at Oral Ak Zhol Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- The closest airport to Oral Ak Zhol Airport (URA) is Balakovo Airport (BWO), which is located 170 miles (274 kilometers) WNW of URA.
- Oral Ak Zhol Airport (URA) has 4 runways.
- The furthest airport from Oral Ak Zhol Airport (URA) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 10,504 miles (16,904 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
Facts about Kabul International Airport (KBL):
- The closest airport to Kabul International Airport (KBL) is Bagram Airfield (OAI), which is located 26 miles (43 kilometers) N of KBL.
- The furthest airport from Kabul International Airport (KBL) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,919 miles (19,182 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
- American C-17 Globemaster on the military side of Kabul International Airport in October 2011
- Passenger movements reached 100,000 per year by 2010 or 300 per day.
- Kabul International Airport (KBL) currently has only 1 runway.
- The Kabul International Airport was built in the early 1960s.
- Kabul Airport was originally built in the early 1960s by Soviet engineers.
- Because of Kabul International Airport's high elevation of 5,877 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at KBL. Combined with a high temperature, this could make KBL a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- Afghan Air Force personnel are welcomed back home on the flight line of the AAF base in Kabul on Sep.
- In addition to being known as "Kabul International Airport", another name for KBL is "میدان هوایی بین المللی کابل".
