Afghanistan · elevation 4895 ft AMSL
· 34.9461, 69.2650
Bagram Airfield is an airport with the ICAO code OAIX and the IATA code OAI. Country: Afghanistan. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Bagram. OurAirports classifies it as a medium-sized airport. Its ICAO code starts with the OA prefix, which marks airports in Afghanistan. The four-letter code OAIX is used in flight operations and weather reports, while the three-letter IATA code OAI is used for ticketing and baggage handling. The airport reference point sits at 34°56'46"N, 69°15'54"E, at an elevation of 4,895 ft (1,492 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is Asia/Kabul.
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03L | 30° | 2,953 m (9,687 ft) | 26 m (85 ft) | asphalt |
| 21R | 210° | |||
| 03R | 30° | 3,603 m (11,820 ft) | 46 m (151 ft) | asphalt |
| 21L | 210° |
The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.
Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Bagram Airfield has 2 runways: 03L/21R - 2,953 m long (9,687 ft), 26 m wide, asphalt surface; 03R/21L - 3,603 m long (11,820 ft), 46 m wide, asphalt surface.
The longest of them is 03R/21L, at 3,603 m.
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 03L/21R on 30° and 210° magnetic, 03R/21L on 30° and 210° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.
For the 03L/21R axis, wind from the south-east (around 120°) or from the north-west (around 300°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 30° or 210° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
Weather reports for Bagram Airfield are published under the ICAO code OAIX. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.
The decoder breaks the OAIX report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.
Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for OAIX, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The Asia/Kabul zone stays at GMT+04:30 year-round, so converting to local time is always the same shift.
The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Kabul International Airport (OAKB, 43 km), Logar Airport (OALG, 109 km), Shank Air Base (Baraki Barak) (OASH, 115 km). When no report is available for OAIX, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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