# Balad Southeast Airport / Joint Base Balad, Al Bakr, Iraq

**Balad Southeast Airport / Joint Base Balad** is a medium airport in Al Bakr, Salah ad Din Governorate, Iraq. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,504 m (11,495 ft). It is operated by Iraqi Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Iraqi Air Force
- Serves: Al Bakr, Salah ad Din Governorate, Iraq
- Elevation: 49 m / 161 ft
- Coordinates: 33.9402, 44.3616
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,504 m / 11,495 ft
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Asia/Baghdad
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balad_Air_Base (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1529746
- Weather station: ORBD
- Ident: ORBD

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 3,504 m / 11,495 ft | 45 m / 149 ft | Paved | 126° / 306° |  |
| 14/32 | 3,502 m / 11,490 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Concrete | 146° / 326° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,504 m / 11,495 ft | #479 of 29,858 | #72 in Middle East | #7 in IQ |
| Elevation | 49 m / 161 ft | =34,980 of 43,403 | #325 in Middle East | #20 in IQ |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =13 in Middle East | =2 in IQ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 126.425 |
| GND | GND | 128.750 |
| MISC | SOF | 126.750 |
| PMSV | METRO | 33.600 |
| POST | COMD POST | 33.190 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.875 |

## Nearby airports

- [IQ-0045](https://dromopedia.com/airports/iq-0045.md) Samarra East Air Base / Dhuluiya Airport · 27 km / 17 mi
- [ORTI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orti.md) Al Taji Army Air Field · 47 km / 29 mi
- [IQ-0039](https://dromopedia.com/airports/iq-0039.md) Rasheed Air Base · 74 km / 46 mi
- [BGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orbi.md) Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base · 76 km / 47 mi
- [TQD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orat.md) Al Taqaddum Air Base · 97 km / 61 mi
- [ORSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orsh.md) Al Sahra Army Air Field · 111 km / 69 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/orbd/data