Safe Airspace Elevates Afghanistan to Risk Level 1 – Do Not Fly

The situation at Kabul airport has led to increasingly desperate bids to get people set to be evacuated to the airport. Taliban forces have overthrown the Afghan government and taken control of the country after seizing the capital, Kabul.

According to Safe Airspace, Afghanistan’s airspace is now effectively closed to overflights – the OAKX/Kabul FIR is uncontrolled, and overflying traffic should route around the country. OAKB/Kabul airport is closed to all flights except limited military evacuations.

Prior to the Taliban takeover, several countries already had existing airspace warnings in place – the United States (US), United Kingdom (UK), France and Canada advised that overflights should not be below flight level (FL) 250/260, with Germany advising FL330. France has since updated its warning and are now advising operators avoid Afghan airspace entirely.

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The primary risks are direct and indirect fire targeting airports and from surface-to-air fire targeting aircraft operating at low altitudes. Additionally, the current conflict has led to zero ATC control across the entire airspace and an extreme threat to aircraft and crew safety and security if emergency landings are made.

Safe Airspace.net has elevated Afghanistan to Risk Level 1 – Do Not Fly. The primary risks are direct and indirect fire targeting airports and from surface-to-air fire targeting aircraft operating at low altitudes. Additionally, the current conflict has led to zero normal air traffic control (ATC) across the entire airspace and an extreme threat to aircraft and crew safety and security if emergency landings are made.

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Air defense forces in all neighboring states are likely at high alert status within respective border regions – target misidentification by military air defense operators under stressful situations remains a credible scenario.

As Afghanistan falls to Taliban on August 15, people from the country started fleeing the war-torn country. Visuals of crowded Kabul runway, cargo jets cramped with people and horrifying scenes of children being handed over barbed wires have filled the internet.

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