# Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base (BGW / ORBI)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BGW / ORBI
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: United States Air Force
- Serves: Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq
- Opened: 1982
- Elevation: 35 m / 114 ft
- Coordinates: 33.2625, 44.2346
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 4,000 m / 13,124 ft
- Passengers: 3,797,413 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Asia/Baghdad
- Website: https://baghdadairport.gov.iq/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad_International_Airport (44 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q304438
- Weather station: ORBI · WMO 40650
- Ident: ORBI

## Timeline

- 1982: Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base opens.
- Apr 2003: United States Air Force becomes the operator.
- 22 Nov 2003: 2003 Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident. No deaths.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15L/33R | 4,000 m / 13,124 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Concrete | 150° / 330° | yes |
| 15R/33L | 3,301 m / 10,830 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 150° / 330° |  |

## Routes

50 destinations in 23 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (45)

- [NJF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orni.md) Al Najaf International Airport · Iraq · 142 km / 88 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [KIK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orkk.md) Kirkuk International Airport · Iraq · 246 km / 153 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [ISU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orsu.md) Jalal Talabani International Airport · Iraq · 274 km / 170 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [XNH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ortl.md) Ali Air Base · Iraq · 312 km / 194 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [EBL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orer.md) Erbil International Airport · Iraq · 332 km / 206 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [OSM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orbm.md) Mosul International Airport · Iraq · 353 km / 219 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [BSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ormm.md) Basra International Airport · Iraq · 442 km / 275 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [KWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/okkk.md) Kuwait International Airport · Kuwait · 572 km / 355 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [IKA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiie.md) Imam Khomeini International Airport · Iran · 679 km / 422 mi · Mahan Air, Taban Air, Iran Airtour, Zagros Airlines, Sepehran Airlines, Qeshm Air, Meraj Airlines, ATA Airlines (Iran), Iraqi Airways, Caspian Airlines
- [IFN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oifm.md) Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport · Iran · 715 km / 444 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [DAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/osdi.md) Damascus International Airport · Syria · 717 km / 446 mi · UR Airlines
- [AMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ojai.md) Queen Alia International Airport · Jordan · 791 km / 492 mi · Jordan Aviation, Royal Jordanian, Iraqi Airways
- [BEY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/olba.md) Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport · Lebanon · 813 km / 505 mi · UR Airlines, Iraqi Airways
- [GYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ubbb.md) Heydar Aliyev International Airport · Azerbaijan · 954 km / 593 mi · Azerbaijan Airlines, Iraqi Airways
- [BAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/obbi.md) Bahrain International Airport · Bahrain · 993 km / 617 mi · Gulf Air
- [SZF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfh.md) Samsun-Çarşamba Airport · Türkiye · 1,117 km / 694 mi · UR Airlines, Iraqi Airways
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 1,140 km / 708 mi · Qatar Airways
- [KIH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oibk.md) Kish International Airport · Iran · 1,201 km / 746 mi · Taban Air, Iraqi Airways
- [ESB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltac.md) Esenboğa International Airport · Türkiye · 1,258 km / 782 mi · UR Airlines, AJet, Iraqi Airways
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 1,263 km / 785 mi · EgyptAir, Nile Air, Iraqi Airways
- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 1,286 km / 799 mi · UR Airlines, Iraqi Airways
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 1,399 km / 869 mi · flydubai, Emirates, Iraqi Airways
- [SHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj.md) Sharjah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 1,404 km / 872 mi · Air Arabia, Iraqi Airways
- [AUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omaa.md) Zayed International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 1,409 km / 876 mi · Air Arabia, Iraqi Airways
- [MHD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oimm.md) Mashhad International Airport · Iran · 1,444 km / 897 mi · Mahan Air, Taban Air, Iran Airtour, Sepehran Airlines, Meraj Airlines, ATA Airlines (Iran), Iraqi Airways
- [SAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfj.md) Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · Türkiye · 1,570 km / 976 mi · UR Airlines, Pegasus Airlines, AJet, Iraqi Airways
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 1,632 km / 1,014 mi · Basra Airlines, Fly Baghdad, Turkish Airlines, Iraqi Airways
- [MCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ooms.md) Muscat International Airport · Oman · 1,741 km / 1,082 mi · SalamAir, Iraqi Airways
- [ATH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgav.md) Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · Greece · 1,902 km / 1,182 mi · Aegean Airlines
- [KHI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opkc.md) Jinnah International Airport · Pakistan · 2,407 km / 1,496 mi · Fly Baghdad, Iraqi Airways
- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 2,541 km / 1,579 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [ISB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opis.md) Islamabad International Airport · Pakistan · 2,646 km / 1,644 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [LHE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opla.md) Allama Iqbal International Airport · Pakistan · 2,829 km / 1,758 mi · Fly Baghdad
- [AMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vaah.md) Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport · India · 2,993 km / 1,860 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [TUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dtta.md) Tunis Carthage International Airport · Tunisia · 3,105 km / 1,929 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 3,165 km / 1,967 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [MUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddm.md) Munich Airport · Germany · 3,170 km / 1,970 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [BER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddb.md) Berlin Brandenburg Airport · Germany · 3,243 km / 2,015 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 3,247 km / 2,018 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 3,453 km / 2,146 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [CPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekch.md) Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · Denmark · 3,475 km / 2,159 mi · SalamAir
- [DUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddl.md) Düsseldorf Airport · Germany · 3,618 km / 2,248 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [PEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbaa.md) Beijing Capital International Airport · China · 6,320 km / 3,927 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [CAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zggg.md) Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · China · 6,731 km / 4,182 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [KUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkk.md) Kuala Lumpur International Airport · Malaysia · 6,852 km / 4,258 mi · Iraqi Airways

### Seasonal (6)

- [TZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltcg.md) Trabzon International Airport · Türkiye · 945 km / 587 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [MED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oema.md) Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,064 km / 661 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [SSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesh.md) Sharm El Sheikh International Airport · Egypt · 1,109 km / 689 mi · Nile Air, Iraqi Airways
- [HRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hegn.md) Hurghada International Airport · Egypt · 1,209 km / 751 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [AYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltai.md) Antalya International Airport · Türkiye · 1,286 km / 799 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,381 km / 858 mi · Iraqi Airways

### Cargo (4)

- [GYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ubbb.md) Heydar Aliyev International Airport · Azerbaijan · 954 km / 593 mi · Silk Way Airline
- [BAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/obbi.md) Bahrain International Airport · Bahrain · 993 km / 617 mi · DHL International Aviation ME
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 1,263 km / 785 mi · EgyptAir Cargo
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 1,399 km / 869 mi · Coyne Airways

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BGW, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (3)

- UD [UR Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ur-airlines) · 6
- 6N [Al-Naser Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/al-naser-airlines)
- [Ishtar Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ishtar-airlines)

### Passenger (27)

- IA [Iraqi Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iraqi-airways) · 44
- IF [Fly Baghdad](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fly-baghdad) · 3
- HH [Taban Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/taban-air) · 3
- G9 [Air Arabia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-arabia) · 2
- TK [AJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ajet) · 2
- I3 [ATA Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ata-airlines) · 2
- B9 [Iran Airtour](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iran-airtour) · 2
- W5 [Mahan Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mahan-air) · 2
- NP [Nile Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nile-air) · 2
- [Pars Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pars-air) · 2
- OV [SalamAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/salamair) · 2
- IS [Sepehran Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sepehran-airlines) · 2
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 2
- A3 [Aegean Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aegean-airlines) · 1
- J2 [Azerbaijan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azerbaijan-airlines) · 1
- [Basra Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/basra-airlines) · 1
- RV [Caspian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/caspian-airlines) · 1
- MS [EgyptAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair) · 1
- EK [Emirates](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/emirates) · 1
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- GF [Gulf Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gulf-air) · 1
- R5 [Jordan Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jordan-aviation) · 1
- PC [Pegasus Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pegasus-airlines) · 1
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 1
- QB [Qeshm Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qeshm-air) · 1
- RJ [Royal Jordanian](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/royal-jordanian) · 1
- ZO [Zagros Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/zagros-airlines) · 1

### Cargo (4)

- 7C [Coyne Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/coyne-airways) · 1
- ES [DHL International Aviation ME](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/dhl-international-aviation-me) · 1
- MS [EgyptAir Cargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair-cargo) · 1
- ZP [Silk Way Airline](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/silk-way-airline) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 3.8M (2019) | #399 of 3,974 | #21 in Middle East | #1 in IQ |
| Longest runway | 4,000 m / 13,124 ft | =102 of 29,858 | =26 in Middle East | =3 in IQ |
| Elevation | 35 m / 114 ft | =36,402 of 43,403 | =343 in Middle East | #24 in IQ |
| Age | Opened 1982 | =8,372 of 15,079 | =69 in Middle East | #2 in IQ |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =13 in Middle East | =2 in IQ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ACC | BALAD ACC | 123.520 |
| APP | APP | 128.200 |
| ATIS | INFO | 127.250 |
| DEP | DEP | 131.900 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| HEL | HELO | 131.700 |
| PMSV | METRO | 116.150 |
| POST | COMD POST | 133.500 |
| RDO | RDO | 127.350 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [IQ-0039](https://dromopedia.com/airports/iq-0039.md) Rasheed Air Base · 24 km / 15 mi
- [ORTI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orti.md) Al Taji Army Air Field · 29 km / 18 mi
- [TQD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orat.md) Al Taqaddum Air Base · 60 km / 37 mi
- [ORBD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orbd.md) Balad Southeast Airport / Joint Base Balad · 76 km / 47 mi
- [IQ-0045](https://dromopedia.com/airports/iq-0045.md) Samarra East Air Base / Dhuluiya Airport · 100 km / 62 mi
- [NJF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orni.md) Al Najaf International Airport · 142 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Baghdad International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baghdad_International_Airport&oldid=1376617265), revision of 25 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/orbi/data