# Qayyarah West Airport (RQW)

**Qayyarah West Airport** (IATA: RQW) is a medium airport in Qayyarah, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. It has one runway, 3,501 m (11,486 ft) long, concrete.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RQW / —
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Qayyarah, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq
- Elevation: 228 m / 749 ft
- Coordinates: 35.7672, 43.1251
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,501 m / 11,486 ft
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Asia/Baghdad
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qayyarah_Airfield_West (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7267229
- Weather station: ORQW
- Ident: ORQW

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 3,501 m / 11,486 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Concrete | 153° / 333° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,501 m / 11,486 ft | #484 of 29,858 | #73 in Middle East | #8 in IQ |
| Elevation | 228 m / 749 ft | =22,464 of 43,403 | #259 in Middle East | #10 in IQ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =72 in Middle East | =8 in IQ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.000 |
| PMSV | METRO | 33.600 |
| POST | COMD POST | 122.000 |
| TWR | TWR | 122.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [OSM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orbm.md) Mosul International Airport · 60 km / 37 mi
- [ORTF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ortf.md) Tall Afar Army Air Field · 87 km / 54 mi
- [IQ-0042](https://dromopedia.com/airports/iq-0042.md) Sahl Sinjar Air Base · 89 km / 55 mi
- [EBL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orer.md) Erbil International Airport · 90 km / 56 mi
- [IQ-0051](https://dromopedia.com/airports/iq-0051.md) Tal Ashtah New Air Base · 115 km / 71 mi
- [KIK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orkk.md) Kirkuk International Airport · 115 km / 72 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)
- [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/orqw/data