NJF

Al Najaf International Airport

ICAO ORNI31.9911°N 44.4050°E31 m / 103 ftLarge airport
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Al Najaf International Airport (IATA: NJF, ICAO: ORNI) is a large airport in Najaf, Najaf Governorate, Iraq. It opened in 2008. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,842 ft) long, asphalt. In 2019 it handled 2.6 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 2008–2008
2008
OpenedAl Najaf International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
صالة المغادرة
10/28097° / 277° · LIT
LENGTH3,000 m9,842 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

30 destinations · 15 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km1,000 mi2,000 miBGW · Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base · 142 km / 88 miISU · Jalal Talabani International Airport · 406 km / 252 miKWI · Kuwait International Airport · 459 km / 285 miEBL · Erbil International Airport · 474 km / 295 miTBZ · Tabriz International Airport · 703 km / 437 miIFN · Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport · 707 km / 439 miIKA · Imam Khomeini International Airport · 731 km / 454 miAMM · Queen Alia International Airport · 795 km / 494 miDMM · King Fahd International Airport · 806 km / 501 miSYZ · Shiraz Shahid Dastghaib International Airport · 828 km / 514 miBEY · Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport · 857 km / 533 miBAH · Bahrain International Airport · 878 km / 546 miAZD · Shahid Sadooghi Airport · 931 km / 578 miSRY · Sari Dasht-e Naz International Airport · 958 km / 595 miDOH · Hamad International Airport · 1,025 km / 637 miKIH · Kish International Airport · 1,109 km / 689 miKER · Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani International Airport · 1,209 km / 751 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 1,305 km / 811 miSHJ · Sharjah International Airport · 1,312 km / 815 miMHD · Mashhad International Airport · 1,478 km / 918 miMCT · Muscat International Airport · 1,651 km / 1,026 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 1,734 km / 1,077 miKBL · Kabul International Airport · 2,318 km / 1,440 miKHI · Jinnah International Airport · 2,354 km / 1,463 miISB · Islamabad International Airport · 2,655 km / 1,650 miAMD · Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport · 2,944 km / 1,829 miBOM · Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · 3,182 km / 1,977 miCPH · Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · 3,601 km / 2,238 miRAS · Sardar-e-Jangal Airport · 761 km / 473 miADU · Ardabil Airport · 793 km / 493 miCPHBOMAMDISBKHIKBLISTMCTMHDDXBKERDOHSRYBEYSYZAMMADUIFNEBLKWIISUBGWKIHAZDBAHRASIKATBZDMMNJF
Year-round28
BGWBaghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air BaseIraq · Iraqi Airways142 km88 miISUJalal Talabani International AirportIraq · Iraqi Airways406 km252 miKWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · Jazeera Airways, Iraqi Airways, Kuwait Airways459 km285 miEBLErbil International AirportIraq · Iraqi Airways474 km295 miTBZTabriz International AirportIran · Iran Airtour, ATA Airlines (Iran), Iran Air703 km437 miIFNIsfahan Shahid Beheshti International AirportIran · Zagros Airlines, Qeshm Air, Meraj Airlines +4707 km439 miIKAImam Khomeini International AirportIran · Mahan Air, Taban Air, Iran Airtour +7731 km454 miAMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Royal Jordanian795 km494 miDMMKing Fahd International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas806 km501 miSYZShiraz Shahid Dastghaib International AirportIran · Pars Air828 km514 miBEYBeirut Rafic Hariri International AirportLebanon · UR Airlines, Iraqi Airways, Middle East Airlines - Air Liban857 km533 miBAHBahrain International AirportBahrain · Gulf Air, Iraqi Airways878 km546 miAZDShahid Sadooghi AirportIran · ATA Airlines (Iran)931 km578 miSRYSari Dasht-e Naz International AirportIran · Varesh Airlines958 km595 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways1,025 km637 miKIHKish International AirportIran · Taban Air1,109 km689 miKERAyatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani International AirportIran · Pars Air1,209 km751 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai1,305 km811 miSHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Air Arabia1,312 km815 miMHDMashhad International AirportIran · Taban Air, Iran Airtour, AVA Airlines +81,478 km918 miMCTMuscat International AirportOman · Iraqi Airways1,651 km1,026 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines, Iraqi Airways1,734 km1,077 miKBLKabul International AirportAfghanistan · Kam Air2,318 km1,440 miKHIJinnah International AirportPakistan · Iraqi Airways2,354 km1,463 miISBIslamabad International AirportPakistan · Iraqi Airways2,655 km1,650 miAMDSardar Vallabh Patel International AirportIndia · Iraqi Airways2,944 km1,829 miBOMChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportIndia · Iraqi Airways3,182 km1,977 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Iraqi Airways3,601 km2,238 mi
Most destinationsIraqi Airways 16Meraj Airlines 6ATA Airlines (Iran) 5Iran Air 4Zagros Airlines 4Kish Air 4

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from NJF. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Al Najaf International Airport” (revision of 22 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers2.6M (2019)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#510of 3,974 · #25 Middle East · #2 IQLongest runway3,000 m9,842 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,324of 29,823 · =145 Middle East · =12 IQElevation31 m103 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=36,676of 43,341 · #349 Middle East · #25 IQAgeOpened 20082026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=12,546of 15,079 · #100 Middle East · #8 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

3 channels
TWRNajaf Tower119.100
GNDNajaf Ground121.700
ATIS123.900