Drafted — not technically validated
Record revision 1 · All of Afghanistan in early access, region by region, from Kandahar and Camp Bastion to Bagram and FOB Salerno.
One simulator's map: what it covers, when it is set, and which airfields in this encyclopedia it represents. Sim maps change with updates; each claim is cited with the date it was read.
DCS: Afghanistan
- Simulator
- DCS World
- Made by
- Eagle Dynamics
- Setting
- Present day: Battles of the last 40 years, from the Soviet war of the 1980s to the 20 years of the War on Terror [1]
- Area
- All of Afghanistan and small parts of its neighbours, about 2,290,000 km², sold as Southwest, East and North regions [1] [2]
- Real-world theatre
- Central Asia
- Purchase
- DCS WorldDCS: Afghanistan Map by Eagle DynamicsDCS Store
Store pages checked 2026-10-28. Prices and availability change.
Map
Explore the map or select an airfield. Markers show runway, radio and navigation data. Present-day OpenStreetMap geography; no exact simulator terrain boundary is shown. Airfield markers follow the simulator data, including on historical maps; the basemap does not depict their historical surroundings.
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Airfield overlay: the same versioned simulator data as the table below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL.
Airfields
Every airfield with a runway in Afghanistan's data from the game: 26 airfields, plus 3 helipads and other landing sites listed below. Names link to this encyclopedia's entry where there is one.
| Airfield | Elevation | Runways | Tower (MHz) | TACAN, VOR and NDB | ILS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagram34.9457° N, 69.2659° E | 4,895 ft | 21R (206°) / 03L (026°), 8,941 ft21L (206°) / 03R (026°), 11,117 ft | VHF 120.1UHF 325.75low VHF 39.15 · HF 4.125 | VORTAC 74X, 112.7 MHz (BGM) | — |
| Bamyan34.8089° N, 67.8168° E | 8,496 ft | 07 (066°) / 25 (246°), 6,250 ft | VHF 118.55UHF 250.65low VHF 39.55 · HF 4.325 | — | — |
| Bost31.5598° N, 64.3648° E | 2,549 ft | 01 (005°) / 19 (185°), 5,758 ft | VHF 131.25UHF 243.0low VHF 39.0 · HF 4.05 | — | — |
| Camp Bastion31.8502° N, 64.2237° E | 2,894 ft | 01 (007°) / 19 (187°), 10,647 ft | VHF 123.3UHF 250.1low VHF 38.7 · HF 3.9 | NDB 423 kHz (BS)TACAN 98X, 115.1 MHz (BAS) | — |
| Camp Bastion Heliport31.8554° N, 64.2132° E | 2,906 ft | 01 (007°) / 19 (187°), 1,271 ft | VHF 118.2UHF 250.2low VHF 39.1 · HF 4.1 | — | — |
| Chaghcharan34.5265° N, 65.2713° E | 7,435 ft | 25 (243°) / 07 (063°), 5,709 ft | VHF 118.0UHF 250.05low VHF 38.55 · HF 3.825 | — | — |
| Dwyer31.0919° N, 64.0670° E | 2,405 ft | 05 (048°) / 23 (228°), 7,459 ft | VHF 121.75UHF 343.0low VHF 38.45 · HF 3.775 | TACAN 46X* (ADY) | — |
| Farah32.3633° N, 62.1677° E | 2,226 ft | 33 (327°) / 15 (147°), 6,990 ft | VHF 118.1UHF 250.3low VHF 38.85 · HF 3.975 | — | — |
| FOB Salerno33.3634° N, 69.9552° E | 3,789 ft | 26 (265°) / 08 (085°), 2,149 ft | VHF 121.5UHF 243.0low VHF 39.45 · HF 4.275 | — | — |
| Gardez33.6281° N, 69.2375° E | 7,785 ft | 03 (024°) / 21 (204°), 5,428 ft | VHF 118.6UHF 250.7low VHF 39.6 · HF 4.35 | — | — |
| Ghazni Heliport33.5046° N, 68.4142° E | 7,126 ft | 35 (353°) / 17 (173°), 1,215 ft | VHF 118.45UHF 250.55low VHF 39.5 · HF 4.3 | — | — |
| Herat34.2079° N, 62.2279° E | 3,237 ft | 18 (183°) / 36 (003°), 8,919 ft | VHF 123.35UHF 240.3low VHF 38.4 · HF 3.75 | NDB 412 kHz (HRT)TACAN 54X* (HRT)VOR-DME 109X, 116.2 MHz (AHR) | — |
| Jalalabad34.4002° N, 70.4981° E | 1,841 ft | 13 (128°) / 31 (308°), 6,221 ft | VHF 129.7UHF 231.0low VHF 39.4 · HF 4.25 | — | — |
| Kabul34.5658° N, 69.2127° E | 5,869 ft | 11 (104°) / 29 (284°), 10,393 ft | VHF 120.6UHF 284.25low VHF 39.3 · HF 4.2 | TACAN 65X*, 133.8 MHz (OKB)VOR-DME 57X, 112.0 MHz (KBL) | — |
| Kandahar31.5058° N, 65.8477° E | 3,323 ft | 23 (232°) / 05 (052°), 9,780 ft | VHF 125.5UHF 360.2low VHF 38.95 · HF 4.025 | TACAN 75X* (KAF)VOR-DME 107X, 116.0 MHz (KDR) | — |
| Kandahar Heliport31.5207° N, 65.8458° E | 3,337 ft | 23R (232°) / 05L (052°), 718 ft | VHF 119.5UHF 300.2low VHF 38.8 · HF 3.95 | — | — |
| Khost33.3331° N, 69.9510° E | 3,768 ft | 23 (239°) / 05 (059°), 5,619 ft | VHF 118.4UHF 250.5low VHF 39.35 · HF 4.225 | — | — |
| Maymana Zahiraddin Faryabi35.9307° N, 64.7609° E | 2,730 ft | 32 (319°) / 14 (139°), 5,542 ft | VHF 118.15UHF 250.15low VHF 38.65 · HF 3.875 | — | — |
| Nimroz30.9635° N, 62.0607° E | 1,585 ft | 14 (137°) / 32 (317°), 6,944 ft | VHF 118.05UHF 250.0low VHF 38.6 · HF 3.85 | — | — |
| Qala i Naw34.9858° N, 63.1177° E | 2,953 ft | 22 (216°) / 04 (036°), 6,114 ft | VHF 118.35UHF 250.35low VHF 38.9 · HF 4.0 | — | — |
| Sharana33.1258° N, 68.8385° E | 7,344 ft | 32 (322°) / 14 (142°), 4,045 ft | VHF 118.3UHF 250.45low VHF 39.25 · HF 4.175 | — | — |
| Shindand33.3927° N, 62.2611° E | 3,750 ft | 36 (358°) / 18 (178°), 7,032 ft | VHF 134.75UHF 265.65low VHF 38.5 · HF 3.8 | TACAN 48X, 111.1 MHz (ASD) | — |
| Shindand Heliport33.4078° N, 62.2683° E | 3,804 ft | 36 (358°) / 18 (178°), 688 ft | VHF 121.5UHF 344.0low VHF 38.75 · HF 3.925 | — | — |
| Tarinkot32.6051° N, 65.8642° E | 4,415 ft | 12 (121°) / 30 (301°), 5,903 ft | VHF 128.0UHF 250.4low VHF 39.05 · HF 4.075 | — | — |
| Urgoon Heliport32.9375° N, 69.1517° E | 7,483 ft | 09 (092°) / 27 (272°), 1,096 ft | VHF 118.25UHF 250.25low VHF 39.2 · HF 4.15 | — | — |
| Zaranj30.9728° N, 61.8658° E | 1,608 ft | 01 (342°) / 19 (162°), 5,176 ft | VHF 118.5UHF 250.6low VHF 39.75 · HF 4.425 | — | — |
3 helipads and other landing sites without a runway
FOB Camp Dubs · FOB Clark · FOB Thunder
Source: dcs-world-schema reference data: Afghanistan airbases, beacons and navaids, dcs-world-schema, open-source data extracted by running DCS World 2.9.30.28536 (extracted 2026-10-04), at commit c3091e6. † Where that data gives an airfield no tower radio, the frequencies come from pydcs terrain data: afghanistan airports (airports.py), an open-source library whose terrain data mirrors the game's. Runway headings are magnetic, as the game computes them; lengths and elevations are converted from metres. The game gives TACAN and DME channels no X or Y band. Where a beacon’s listed frequency is the reply or paired VHF frequency of one band (ICAO Annex 10 channel plan), that band is shown. * marks an assumed X: the game lists no frequency that settles it, and every ground TACAN whose frequency does settle it is X. A dash means the game gives none.
Airfield coverage
No airfield in this encyclopedia has been checked against this map yet.
Each airfield's page cites the sources for its entry. Airfields not listed have not been checked against this map.
Coverage
The map is in early access. It covers the whole country, with the mountains of the Hindu Kush, the deserts of the south-west and the river valleys, and is being detailed region by region: the Southwest came first, with Kandahar, Herat, Bost, Camp Bastion, Chaghcharan, Dwyer, Farah, Maymana, Qala i Naw, Shindand, Tirinkot and Zaranj, then the East, with Bagram, Kabul, Gardez, Jalalabad and Khost; the North is next. [1] [2] A player who buys only one region can still fly over the whole map online, with the other regions in lower detail. [2]
Its makers say few war zones have seen more A-10C, AH-64D, F-16C, F/A-18C, CH-47F, Mi-24P, Mi-8MTV2 and Su-25 sorties. [1] Alongside the main airfields, the game’s list includes forward operating bases and heliports such as FOB Salerno, Camp Dwyer and the Ghazni and Urgoon heliports. [3]
Sources
- DCS: Afghanistan. Eagle Dynamics (product page). https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/shop/terrains/afghanistan_terrain/ (accessed 2026-10-27).
- DCS: East Afghanistan. Eagle Dynamics (product page). https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/shop/terrains/east_afghanistan_terrain/ (accessed 2026-10-27).
- pydcs terrain data: Afghanistan airports (airports.py). pydcs, an open-source Python library for building DCS World missions, whose terrain data mirrors the game's. https://github.com/pydcs/dcs/blob/5ddcc63a2dcd661e16b14f7aa43219b93044855d/dcs/terrain/afghanistan/airports.py (accessed 2026-10-28). 26 airfields and helicopter bases: Herat, Farah, Shindand, Maymana Zahiraddin Faryabi, Chaghcharan, Qala i Naw, Kandahar, Bost, Tarinkot, Camp Bastion, Dwyer, Nimroz, Bagram, Kabul, Bamyan, Jalalabad, Gardez, Sharana, FOB Salerno, Khost and Zaranj, with heliports at Camp Bastion, Shindand, Kandahar, Ghazni and Urgoon.
Wikipedia articles are secondary sources and can change; they are cited with the date they were read. Vendor pages describe the current release of each map.