BSR

Basra International Airport

ICAO ORMM30.5491°N 47.6621°E3 m / 11 ftLarge airport
On the map
Basrah Intl Airport terminal building april 1 2008
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Basra International Airport (IATA: BSR, ICAO: ORMM) is a large airport in Basra, Basra Governorate, Iraq. It opened in 1960. It has one runway, 4,000 m (13,124 ft) long, concrete. In 2019 it handled 985 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1960–1960
1960
OpenedBasra International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
صالة البصرة الدولى
14/32138° / 318° · LIT
LENGTH4,000 m13,124 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

Routes

15 destinations · 12 countries
2,500 km5,000 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 mi4,000 miBGW · Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base · 442 km / 275 miISU · Jalal Talabani International Airport · 599 km / 372 miDOH · Hamad International Airport · 703 km / 437 miEBL · Erbil International Airport · 720 km / 447 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 959 km / 596 miDAM · Damascus International Airport · 1,098 km / 682 miAMM · Queen Alia International Airport · 1,118 km / 695 miBEY · Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport · 1,201 km / 746 miMHD · Mashhad International Airport · 1,278 km / 794 miMCT · Muscat International Airport · 1,304 km / 810 miCAI · Cairo International Airport · 1,560 km / 969 miSAW · Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · 2,010 km / 1,249 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 2,073 km / 1,288 miDEL · Indira Gandhi International Airport · 2,848 km / 1,770 miPEK · Beijing Capital International Airport · 6,189 km / 3,846 miPEKDELISTCAIMCTMHDBEYEBLDOHBGWAMMDXBISUSAWDAMBSR
Year-round15
BGWBaghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air BaseIraq · Iraqi Airways442 km275 miISUJalal Talabani International AirportIraq · Iraqi Airways599 km372 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways703 km437 miEBLErbil International AirportIraq · Iraqi Airways720 km447 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai, Emirates, Iraqi Airways959 km596 miDAMDamascus International AirportSyria · Fly Baghdad1,098 km682 miAMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Royal Jordanian, Iraqi Airways1,118 km695 miBEYBeirut Rafic Hariri International AirportLebanon · Iraqi Airways1,201 km746 miMHDMashhad International AirportIran · Iraqi Airways1,278 km794 miMCTMuscat International AirportOman · Iraqi Airways1,304 km810 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · Nile Air, Iraqi Airways1,560 km969 miSAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · AJet2,010 km1,249 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines, Iraqi Airways2,073 km1,288 miDELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · Iraqi Airways2,848 km1,770 miPEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Iraqi Airways6,189 km3,846 mi
Most destinationsIraqi Airways 12Qatar Airways 1flydubai 1Emirates 1Fly Baghdad 1Royal Jordanian 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BSR. From the Wikipedia article “Basra International Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers985K (2019)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#828of 3,974 · #35 Middle East · #4 IQLongest runway4,000 m13,124 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=102of 29,823 · =26 Middle East · =3 IQElevation3 m11 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,239of 43,341 · #445 Middle East · #29 IQAgeOpened 19602026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,584of 15,079 · =27 Middle East · #1 IQRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =72 Middle East · =8 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

4 channels
APPAPP119.400
GNDGND125.900
OPSOPS132.700
TWRTWR118.700