Highest Airports in Iraq

Airports in Iraq ranked by elevation above sea level.

📅 2026📏 metres28 entries🇮🇶 See all of this country’s rankings →

All entries · 28

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (metres, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

Bamarni AirportBamarni · 3,455 ft above sea level

1,053 m

Jalal Talabani International AirportSulaymaniyah · 2,494 ft above sea level

760 m

Bashur AirfieldBashur · 2,079 ft above sea level

634 m

H1 New Air BaseAnah · 1,353 ft above sea level

412 m

Erbil International AirportArbil · 1,341 ft above sea level

409 m

Mudaysis Air Base1,210 ft above sea level

369 m

Kirkuk International AirportKirkuk · 1,061 ft above sea level

323 m

Tall Afar Army Air FieldTall Afar · 996 ft above sea level

304 m

Wadi Al Khirr New Air Base890 ft above sea level

271 m

Qayyarah West AirportQayyarah · 749 ft above sea level

228 m

Mosul International AirportMosul · 719 ft above sea level

219 m

Al Asad Air BaseHīt · 618 ft above sea level

188 m

Tal Ashtah New Air Base611 ft above sea level

186 m

Al Sahra Army Air FieldTikrit · 451 ft above sea level

137 m

Tikrit South AirportTikrit · 356 ft above sea level

109 m

Al Taqaddum Air BaseAl Habbaniyah · 275 ft above sea level

84 m

Samarra East Air Base / Dhuluiya AirportDhuluiya · 203 ft above sea level

62 m

Subakhu AirfieldMuqdadiyah · 171 ft above sea level

52 m

Balad Southeast Airport / Joint Base BaladAl Bakr · 161 ft above sea level

49 m

Khan Bani Saad AirportKhan Bani Saad · 150 ft above sea level

46 m

Al Iskandariyah AirportAl Iskandariyah · 146 ft above sea level

45 m

Al Taji Army Air FieldTaji · 121 ft above sea level

37 m

Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air BaseBaghdad · 114 ft above sea level

35 m

Al Najaf International AirportNajaf · 103 ft above sea level

31 m

An Numaniyah Air BaseAn Numaniyah · 72 ft above sea level

22 m

Ubaydah Bin Al Jarrah AirportAl Kut · 68 ft above sea level

21 m

Ali Air BaseNasiriyah · 20 ft above sea level

6 m

Basra International AirportBasra · 11 ft above sea level

3 m

Highlights

Within Iraq, Bamarni Airport ranks first in 2026 with 1,053 m, followed by Jalal Talabani International Airport (760 m) and Bashur Airfield (634 m).

Across 28 entries, values run from 1,053 m (Bamarni Airport) to 3 m (Basra International Airport), with a median of 123 m.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets, 2026. Unit: metres.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets · Public domain (OurAirports) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — Airport and runway records are community maintained and released to the public domain; no guarantee of accuracy is made. Only active small, medium, and large airports are included.

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Highlights

Within Iraq, Bamarni Airport ranks first in 2026 with 1,053 m, followed by Jalal Talabani International Airport (760 m) and Bashur Airfield (634 m).

Across 28 entries, values run from 1,053 m (Bamarni Airport) to 3 m (Basra International Airport), with a median of 123 m.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets, 2026. Unit: metres.