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Jalal Talabani International Airport

ICAO ORSJ35.5605°N 45.3151°E760 m / 2,494 ftMedium airport
On the map
44929 The Sulayamaniyah International Airport in 2007
U.S. Army photo by Maj. Juanita Chang, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment · Public domain · Commons

Jalal Talabani International Airport (IATA: ISU, ICAO: ORSJ) is a medium airport in Sulaymaniyah, As-Sulaymaniyyah Governorate, Iraq. It opened on 21 Jul 2006. It has one runway, 3,499 m (11,481 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Timeline

1 event · 2006–2006
21 JUL 2006
OpenedJalal Talabani International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
V.I.PCargo Terminal
13/31133° / 313° · LIT
LENGTH3,499 m11,481 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

Routes

5 destinations · 4 countries
Most destinationsIraqi Airways 3flydubai 1Pegasus Airlines 1AJet 1Turkish Airlines 1Condor Flugdienst 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ISU. From the Wikipedia article “Jalal Talabani International Airport” (revision of 22 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,499 m11,481 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#544of 29,823 · #75 Middle East · #9 IQElevation760 m2,494 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=6,961of 43,341 · #141 Middle East · #2 IQAgeOpened 20062026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=12,221of 15,079 · =97 Middle East · #6 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

2 channels
AASADVSY SVC118.300
ACCKIRKUK ACC125.300