Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base

ICAO ORBI33.2625°N 44.2346°E35 m / 114 ftLarge airport

Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base (IATA: BGW, ICAO: ORBI) is a large airport in Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. It opened in 1982. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,000 m (13,124 ft). It is operated by United States Air Force. In 2019 it handled 3.8 million passengers.

Timeline

3 events · 1982–2003

1982

OpenedBaghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base opens.

APR 2003

MilestoneUnited States Air Force becomes the operator.

22 NOV 2003

Disaster2003 Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident.No deaths

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

15L/33R150° / 330° · LIT

LENGTH4,000 m13,124 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEConcrete

15R/33L150° / 330°

LENGTH3,301 m10,830 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

Routes

50 destinations · 23 countries

Year-round45

Seasonal6

TZXTrabzon International AirportTürkiye · Iraqi Airways945 km587 mi MEDPrince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz AirportSaudi Arabia · Iraqi Airways1,064 km661 mi SSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · Nile Air, Iraqi Airways1,109 km689 mi HRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · Iraqi Airways1,209 km751 mi AYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines1,286 km799 mi JEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Iraqi Airways1,381 km858 mi

Cargo4

GYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportAzerbaijan · Silk Way Airline954 km593 mi BAHBahrain International AirportBahrain · DHL International Aviation ME993 km617 mi CAICairo International AirportEgypt · EgyptAir Cargo1,263 km785 mi DXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Coyne Airways1,399 km869 mi

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BGW. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Baghdad International Airport” (revision of 25 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Airlines

34 airlines · destinations from BGW

Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from BGW. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers3.8M (2019)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#399of 3,974 · #21 Middle East · #1 IQ Longest runway4,000 m13,124 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=102of 29,858 · =26 Middle East · =3 IQ Elevation35 m114 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=36,402of 43,403 · =343 Middle East · #24 IQ AgeOpened 19822026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=8,372of 15,079 · =69 Middle East · #2 IQ Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=715of 29,978 · =13 Middle East · =2 IQ

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

10 channels

ACCBALAD ACC123.520

APPAPP128.200

ATISINFO127.250

DEPDEP131.900

GNDGND121.700

HELHELO131.700

PMSVMETRO116.150

POSTCOMD POST133.500

RDORDO127.350

TWRTWR118.700