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K2 Air Base

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SD · Iraq

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34.921°, 43.385°

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Historic Iraqi air base with Cold War and post-9/11 significance.

K2 Air Base, formally known as Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, is associated with the broader network of military installations used in the region, though the ICAO designator IQ-0027 places it within Iraq's airspace registry. The base has been associated with military operations and is not a civilian commercial airport. The facility has served primarily military and logistical functions rather than civilian aviation. Details on its precise current operational status within Iraq remain limited in open-source aviation databases. Due to the military nature of this installation and limited publicly available information, many specifics regarding infrastructure, layout, and operations are not confirmed in open-source records.

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›Listed under Iraq's ICAO registry with the designator IQ-0027.
›Functions as a military air base rather than a civilian commercial airport.
›Detailed infrastructure and operational information is not publicly available.
›No scheduled commercial airline services are known to operate from this facility.
›The designation 'K2' has historically been associated with military installations in the broader Middle East and Central Asia region.

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Karshi-Khanabad Air Base

Military airbase of the Uzbek Air Force

Karshi-Khanabad is an air base in southeastern Uzbekistan, just east of Karshi. It is home to the 60th Separate Mixed Aviation Brigade of the Uzbek Air Force.

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