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Uruzgan Province Uruzgan (Dari), also spelled as Urozgan or Oruzgan, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. Uruzgan is located in the center of the country. The population is 436,079, and the province is mostly a tribal society. Tarinkot serves as th ...

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Tarinkot Tarīnkōṭ ( prs, ترين کوت), also spelled as Tarin Kowt, is the capital of Uruzgan Province in southern Afghanistan in the Tarinkot District. Tarinkot city has a population of 71,604 (2015), with some 200 small shops in the city's bazaar ...

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, footnotes = Sources: Google Earth, Landings.com, MoTCA, AIP Afghanistan Tarinkot Airport ( ps, ترينکوټ هوايي ډګر; prs, میدان هوایی ترین‌کوت; ) is located about of driving distance south from the center of

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, next to the Tarinkot-Kandahar Highway. It is a domestic airport under the country's Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MoTCA), and serves the population of

. Security in and around the airport is provided by the

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. Situated at an elevation of above

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, Tarinkot Airport's main

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is designated 12/30 with a

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surface measuring approximately . The airport has a single story passenger terminal and a separate 4-story tall

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. The adjacent

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has several

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s, aircraft parking areas, and various buildings used by the

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for regular military and periodic

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purposes. Other nearby major

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to Tarinkot are Nili Airport in neighboring

Daykundi Province Daykundi ( prs, دایکندی) also spelled as Daikundi, Daykondi, Daikondi or Dai Kundi, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the central part of the country. It has a population of about 516,504, and is a Hazara Pro ...

to the north,

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to the southeast,

Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport, also referred to as Kandahar International Airport ( ps, د کندهار نړيوال هوايي ډګر) and by some military officials as Kandahar Airfield, KAF) , is located about south-east of the city Ka ...

Kandahar Kandahar (; Kandahār, , Qandahār) is a List of cities in Afghanistan, city in Afghanistan, located in the south of the country on the Arghandab River, at an elevation of . It is Afghanistan's second largest city after Kabul, with a population ...

to the south,

Bost Airport Bost Airport ( ps, د بوست هوايي ډګر; ) is an airport serving Lashkargah, a city in Helmand Province in Afghanistan. It is located on the east bank of the Helmand River, north of its junction with the Arghandab River. It is also west ...

Lashkar Gah Lashkargāh ( ps, لښکرګاه; fa, لشکرگاه), historically called Bost or Boost (), is a city in southwestern Afghanistan and the capital of Helmand Province. It is located in Lashkargah District, where the Arghandab River merges into ...

to the southwest, and

Farah Airport Farah Airport is located in the eastern section of Farah, Afghanistan, Farah in Afghanistan, which is the capital city of Farah Province. The airport is under the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (Afghanistan), Ministry of Transport and ...

in Farah to the west.

History

Tarinkot Airport was expanded in the last two decades, mainly by

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(ISAF). The current Afghan military base, which is next to the civilian section of the airport, was recognized by ISAF as

Multi National Base Tarin Kot Multi National Base Tarin Kot is a former International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) installation, used after the Netherlands Armed Forces' departure by the Afghan National Army. The base was located on the outskirts of Tarinkot, the capital ...

Airlines and destinations

On 29 June 2009,

Kam Air Kam Air is the largest private Afghan airline. Founded in 2003, Kam Air has twelve aircraft and a workforce of over 1,200 people, operating scheduled domestic passenger services throughout Afghanistan and international services to destinations i ...

started flying between Kabul and Tarinkot three times a week. The service was financially supported by the

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as a way to contribute to the development of Afghanistan. The flights were conducted with a Boeing 737 before suspended.

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History

Airlines and destinations

See also

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