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Longest Airport Runways in Iraq

Airports in Iraq ranked by the length of their longest open runway.

📅 2026📏 metres17 entries🇮🇶 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (metres); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
Erbil International AirportArbil · 15,748 ft · Concrete
4,800 m
2
Al Taqaddum Air BaseAl Habbaniyah · 13,186 ft · CON
4,019 m
3
Al Asad Air BaseHīt · 13,124 ft · ASP
4,000 m
4
Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air BaseBaghdad · 13,124 ft · CON
4,000 m
5
Basra International AirportBasra · 13,124 ft · CON
4,000 m
6
Ubaydah Bin Al Jarrah AirportAl Kut · 11,666 ft · ASP
3,556 m
7
Balad Southeast Airport / Joint Base BaladAl Bakr · 11,495 ft · PEM
3,504 m
8
Qayyarah West AirportQayyarah · 11,486 ft · CON
3,501 m
9
Jalal Talabani International AirportSulaymaniyah · 11,481 ft · CON
3,499 m
10
Ali Air BaseNasiriyah · 10,935 ft · CON
3,333 m
11
Al Sahra Army Air FieldTikrit · 10,225 ft · CON
3,117 m
12
Al Najaf International AirportNajaf · 9,842 ft · ASP
3,000 m
13
Tall Afar Army Air FieldTall Afar · 9,842 ft · PEM
3,000 m
14
Kirkuk International AirportKirkuk · 9,809 ft · CON
2,990 m
15
Mosul International AirportMosul · 8,695 ft · CON
2,650 m
16
Bashur AirfieldBashur · 7,333 ft · ASP
2,235 m
17
Al Taji Army Air FieldTaji · 5,770 ft · PEM
1,759 m

Highlights

Within Iraq, Erbil International Airport ranks first in 2026 with 4,800 m, followed by Al Taqaddum Air Base (4,019 m) and Al Asad Air Base (4,000 m).

Across 17 entries, values run from 4,800 m (Erbil International Airport) to 1,759 m (Al Taji Army Air Field), with a median of 3,499 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.