# Al Asad Air Base (IQA / ORAA)

**Al Asad Air Base** (IATA: IQA, ICAO: ORAA) is a medium airport in Hīt, Al-Anbar Governorate, Iraq. It has 3 runways; the longest is 4,000 m (13,124 ft). It is operated by United States Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/oraa

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IQA / ORAA
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: United States Air Force
- Serves: Hīt, Al-Anbar Governorate, Iraq
- Elevation: 188 m / 618 ft
- Coordinates: 33.7856, 42.4412
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 4,000 m / 13,124 ft
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Asia/Baghdad
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Asad_Airbase (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4703502
- Weather station: ORAA
- Ident: ORAA

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09L/27R | 4,000 m / 13,124 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 089° / 269° | yes |
| 09R/27L | 4,000 m / 13,123 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 089° / 269° | yes |
| 08/26 | 3,086 m / 10,125 ft | 103 m / 338 ft | Grass | 089° / 269° |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,000 m / 13,124 ft | =102 of 29,858 | =26 in Middle East | =3 in IQ |
| Elevation | 188 m / 618 ft | =25,016 of 43,403 | #269 in Middle East | #12 in IQ |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =2 in Middle East | #1 in IQ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 118.600 |
| ATIS | INFO | 25.092 |
| GND | GND | 121.175 |
| MISC | MEDEVAC | 33.550 |
| OPS | OPS | 116.150 |
| PMSV | METRO | 24.432 |
| POST | ADACG | 29.867 |
| TWR | TWR | 131.225 |

## Nearby airports

- [IQ-0016](https://dromopedia.com/airports/iq-0016.md) H1 New Air Base · 93 km / 58 mi
- [TQD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orat.md) Al Taqaddum Air Base · 118 km / 73 mi
- [ORSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orsh.md) Al Sahra Army Air Field · 141 km / 88 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/oraa/data