# Jalal Talabani International Airport (ISU / ORSJ)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ISU / ORSJ
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Kurdistan Region of Iraq
- Serves: Sulaymaniyah, As-Sulaymaniyyah Governorate, Iraq
- Opened: 21 Jul 2006
- Elevation: 760 m / 2,494 ft
- Coordinates: 35.5605, 45.3151
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,499 m / 11,481 ft
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Asia/Baghdad
- Website: https://www.sulairport.krd/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalal_Talabani_International_Airport (22 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326468
- Weather station: ORSJ
- Ident: ORSU

## Timeline

- 21 Jul 2006: Jalal Talabani International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 3,499 m / 11,481 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 133° / 313° | yes |

## Routes

5 destinations in 4 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (5)

- [BGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orbi.md) Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base · Iraq · 274 km / 170 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 1,496 km / 930 mi · flydubai, Iraqi Airways
- [SAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfj.md) Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · Türkiye · 1,516 km / 942 mi · Pegasus Airlines, AJet
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 1,575 km / 979 mi · Turkish Airlines, Iraqi Airways
- [DUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddl.md) Düsseldorf Airport · Germany · 3,514 km / 2,183 mi · Condor Flugdienst

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (6)

- IA [Iraqi Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iraqi-airways) · 3
- TK [AJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ajet) · 1
- DE [Condor Flugdienst](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/condor-flugdienst) · 1
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- PC [Pegasus Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pegasus-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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,499 m / 11,481 ft | #543 of 29,858 | #75 in Middle East | #9 in IQ |
| Elevation | 760 m / 2,494 ft | =6,965 of 43,403 | #141 in Middle East | #2 in IQ |
| Age | Opened 2006 | =12,210 of 15,079 | =97 in Middle East | #6 in IQ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =72 in Middle East | =8 in IQ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AAS | ADVSY SVC | 118.300 |
| ACC | KIRKUK ACC | 125.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [KIK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orkk.md) Kirkuk International Airport · 88 km / 55 mi
- [IQ-0054](https://dromopedia.com/airports/iq-0054.md) Tuz Khurmatu Air Base · 103 km / 64 mi
- [IQ-0051](https://dromopedia.com/airports/iq-0051.md) Tal Ashtah New Air Base · 117 km / 73 mi
- [EBL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orer.md) Erbil International Airport · 144 km / 90 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: “Jalal Talabani International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jalal_Talabani_International_Airport&oldid=1376144795), 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/orsu/data