# Al Najaf International Airport (NJF / ORNI)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NJF / ORNI
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Najaf, Najaf Governorate, Iraq
- Opened: 2008
- Elevation: 31 m / 103 ft
- Coordinates: 31.9911, 44.4050
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,842 ft
- Passengers: 2,579,355 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Asia/Baghdad
- Website: https://njf.aero/ar/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Najaf_International_Airport (19 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3499545
- Weather station: ORNI · WMO 40670
- Ident: ORNI

## Timeline

- 2008: Al Najaf International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 3,000 m / 9,842 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 097° / 277° | yes |

## Routes

30 destinations in 15 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (28)

- [BGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orbi.md) Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base · Iraq · 142 km / 88 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [ISU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orsu.md) Jalal Talabani International Airport · Iraq · 406 km / 252 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [KWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/okkk.md) Kuwait International Airport · Kuwait · 459 km / 285 mi · Jazeera Airways, Iraqi Airways, Kuwait Airways
- [EBL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orer.md) Erbil International Airport · Iraq · 474 km / 295 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [TBZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oitt.md) Tabriz International Airport · Iran · 703 km / 437 mi · Iran Airtour, ATA Airlines (Iran), Iran Air
- [IFN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oifm.md) Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport · Iran · 707 km / 439 mi · Zagros Airlines, Qeshm Air, Meraj Airlines, ATA Airlines (Iran), Iran Air, Iraqi Airways, Caspian Airlines
- [IKA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiie.md) Imam Khomeini International Airport · Iran · 731 km / 454 mi · Mahan Air, Taban Air, Iran Airtour, Zagros Airlines, Qeshm Air, Meraj Airlines, ATA Airlines (Iran), Iran Air, Iraqi Airways, Caspian Airlines
- [AMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ojai.md) Queen Alia International Airport · Jordan · 795 km / 494 mi · Royal Jordanian
- [DMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oedf.md) King Fahd International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 806 km / 501 mi · Flynas
- [SYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiss.md) Shiraz Shahid Dastghaib International Airport · Iran · 828 km / 514 mi · Pars Air
- [BEY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/olba.md) Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport · Lebanon · 857 km / 533 mi · UR Airlines, Iraqi Airways, Middle East Airlines - Air Liban
- [BAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/obbi.md) Bahrain International Airport · Bahrain · 878 km / 546 mi · Gulf Air, Iraqi Airways
- [AZD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiyy.md) Shahid Sadooghi Airport · Iran · 931 km / 578 mi · ATA Airlines (Iran)
- [SRY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oinz.md) Sari Dasht-e Naz International Airport · Iran · 958 km / 595 mi · Varesh Airlines
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 1,025 km / 637 mi · Qatar Airways
- [KIH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oibk.md) Kish International Airport · Iran · 1,109 km / 689 mi · Taban Air
- [KER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oikk.md) Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani International Airport · Iran · 1,209 km / 751 mi · Pars Air
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 1,305 km / 811 mi · flydubai
- [SHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj.md) Sharjah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 1,312 km / 815 mi · Air Arabia
- [MHD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oimm.md) Mashhad International Airport · Iran · 1,478 km / 918 mi · Taban Air, Iran Airtour, AVA Airlines, Zagros Airlines, Sepehran Airlines, Qeshm Air, Meraj Airlines, ATA Airlines (Iran), Iran Air, Iraqi Airways, Caspian Airlines
- [MCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ooms.md) Muscat International Airport · Oman · 1,651 km / 1,026 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 1,734 km / 1,077 mi · Turkish Airlines, Iraqi Airways
- [KBL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oakb.md) Kabul International Airport · Afghanistan · 2,318 km / 1,440 mi · Kam Air
- [KHI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opkc.md) Jinnah International Airport · Pakistan · 2,354 km / 1,463 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [ISB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opis.md) Islamabad International Airport · Pakistan · 2,655 km / 1,650 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [AMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vaah.md) Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport · India · 2,944 km / 1,829 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 3,182 km / 1,977 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [CPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekch.md) Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · Denmark · 3,601 km / 2,238 mi · Iraqi Airways

### Seasonal (6)

- [IFN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oifm.md) Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport · Iran · 707 km / 439 mi · Kish Air
- [IKA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiie.md) Imam Khomeini International Airport · Iran · 731 km / 454 mi · Kish Air
- [RAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oigg.md) Sardar-e-Jangal Airport · Iran · 761 km / 473 mi · Pouya Air
- [ADU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oitl.md) Ardabil Airport · Iran · 793 km / 493 mi · Zagros Airlines
- [SYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiss.md) Shiraz Shahid Dastghaib International Airport · Iran · 828 km / 514 mi · Kish Air
- [KIH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oibk.md) Kish International Airport · Iran · 1,109 km / 689 mi · Kish Air

### Charter (2)

- [AMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vaah.md) Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport · India · 2,944 km / 1,829 mi · SpiceJet
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 3,182 km / 1,977 mi · SpiceJet

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- UD [UR Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ur-airlines) · 1

### Passenger (26)

- IA [Iraqi Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iraqi-airways) · 16
- [Pars Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pars-air) · 6
- I3 [ATA Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ata-airlines) · 5
- IR [Iran Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iran-air) · 4
- Y9 [Kish Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kish-air) · 4 · seasonal
- ZO [Zagros Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/zagros-airlines) · 4
- RV [Caspian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/caspian-airlines) · 3
- B9 [Iran Airtour](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iran-airtour) · 3
- QB [Qeshm Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qeshm-air) · 3
- HH [Taban Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/taban-air) · 3
- SG [SpiceJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/spicejet) · 2 · charter
- G9 [Air Arabia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-arabia) · 1
- [AVA Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ava-airlines) · 1
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- XY [Flynas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flynas) · 1
- GF [Gulf Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gulf-air) · 1
- J9 [Jazeera Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jazeera-airways) · 1
- RQ [Kam Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kam-air) · 1
- KU [Kuwait Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kuwait-airways) · 1
- W5 [Mahan Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mahan-air) · 1
- ME [Middle East Airlines - Air Liban](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/middle-east-airlines-air-liban) · 1
- PYA [Pouya Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pouya-air) · 1 · seasonal
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 1
- RJ [Royal Jordanian](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/royal-jordanian) · 1
- IS [Sepehran Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sepehran-airlines) · 1
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2.6M (2019) | #510 of 3,974 | #25 in Middle East | #2 in IQ |
| Longest runway | 3,000 m / 9,842 ft | =1,325 of 29,858 | =145 in Middle East | =12 in IQ |
| Elevation | 31 m / 103 ft | =36,731 of 43,403 | #349 in Middle East | #25 in IQ |
| Age | Opened 2008 | =12,534 of 15,079 | #100 in Middle East | #8 in IQ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =72 in Middle East | =8 in IQ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | Najaf Tower | 119.100 |
| GND | Najaf Ground | 121.700 |
| ATIS |  | 123.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [ORUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orub.md) Ubaydah Bin Al Jarrah Airport · 138 km / 86 mi
- [BGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orbi.md) Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base · 142 km / 88 mi
- [IQ-0039](https://dromopedia.com/airports/iq-0039.md) Rasheed Air Base · 143 km / 89 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: “Al Najaf International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al_Najaf_International_Airport&oldid=1376144702), revision of 22 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/orni/data