Kabul International Airport
( IATA: KBL, ICAO: OAKB), also known as Khwaja Rawash Airport is located 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) from the city center of Kabul in Afghanistan. It serves as the nation's main international airport and as one of the largest military bases, capable of housing over one hundred aircraft. Kabul international airport is the largest and busiest civil/military airport. The Kabul International Airport was built in the early 1960s. During the Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979 to 1989), it was maintained and heavily used by the Soviet Army. The airport has been expanded and modernized in the last decade. A new international terminal (which has free wi-fi) was added and the older terminal is now used for domestic flights. A number of military bases were also built around the airport, which are used by the United States Armed Forces and NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). The military of Afghanistan also has a base there, while the Afghan National Police provide security inside the passenger terminals.
The traditional fuel farm was made by USSR almost 30 years ago. Luckily it is still usable after some reconditioning. Other achievements In KBL are:
VERTICAL FUEL TANKS:
• 2 x 5000 ton, steel over-ground tower tanks
• 40 cm x 1700 cm Reinforced Concrete wall for Rocket Propelled Grenades RPG) protection
• 8mm Russian Steel Tank walls
• Electronic Foam fire extinguishing system
• Electronic Fire Alarm
• Automatic Heat Control
• Automatic Heat Alarm
• Storage for two different types of aviation fuel
• 1 Micron Filter system
• 500 cubic meter emergency water storage tank
• Four Independent decanting ports
• Two Individual Automatic Truck loading Ports
• 2900 L/m offloading/ truck-loading pumping capacity
MICRO FILTER PUMP SYSTEM
Micro Filter pump system from Millennium system USA
• Filtering fuel impurities of less than 1 micron
• Pumping capacity of 800 liters / min
• Water separator and Detecting system
• Floating Suction
• Bulk Storage and Truck Loading Options
• Separate 100 ton tank
• Sapling Port
• Electronic Control
• Anti-Freezing Fuel Sump
UNDERGROUND FUEL STORAGE
• 4x p0 Underground Steel Tanks
• 900 l/m truck loading pump
• 1 Micron Filter system
FUEL TANKERS AND TRUCKS
• 15 x Mercedes Re-Fueling Trucks
• Alloy Aluminum Tank
• Digital Meter
• Nozzle and Coupling fueling port
• 22000 Liters tank capacity
• Micron Filter System
• 1400 l/m pumping capacity
• Each Bowser is equipped with 12 primary and secondary pass through filter elements
• 12x KRAZ Refueling Trucks
• Alloy Aluminum Tank
• Nozzle and Coupling fueling port
• 22000 Liters tank capacity
• 900l/m pumping capacity
• Each Bowser is equipped with 12 primary and secondary pass through filter elements
LABORATORY
• COLOR SAYBALT APPARATUS METHOD “ASTM D1p”
• MICRO SEPAROMETR APPARATUS METHOD “ASTM D3948”
• LOW KINAMATIC VISCOSITY APPARATUS METHOD “ASTM D445”
• REID VAPOUR PRESSURE APPARATUS METHOD “ASTM D323”
• EX-GUM APPARATUS METHOD “ASTM D381”
• FREEZING POINT APPARATUS METHOD “ASTM D23p”
• COPPER CORROSION APPARATUS METHOD “ASTM D130”
• DISTILLATION APPARATUS METHOD “ASTM Dp”
• ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY APPARATUS METHOD “ASTM D2624”
• SMOKE POINT APPARATUS METHOD “ASTM D1322”
• ABEL FLASH POINT APPARATUS METHOD “D 93”
• SPECEFIC GRAVITY APPARATUS METHOD “ASTM D 1298"
WORKSHOP & SCALES
• Maintenance workshop with all consumable spares available. Fuel trucks are sometimes required to be measured by their weight, we have, therefore, allocated a truck scales to solve this problem within our fuel farm.
