Baghdad International Airport
Baghdad International Airport (IATA: BGW, ICAO: ORBI), previously Saddam International Airport (IATA: SDA, ICAO: ORBS) (Arabic: مطار بغداد الدولي), is Iraq's largest international airport. It is located in a suburb about 16 km (9.9 mi) west of downtown Baghdad in the Baghdad Governorate.
| Baghdad International Airport مطار بغداد الدولي Matar Baġdād ad-Dowaly | |||
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| IATA: BGW – ICAO: ORBI | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public / Military | ||
| Operator | Iraqi Government | ||
| Location | Baghdad, Iraq | ||
| Hub for | * Iraqi Airways | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 114 ft / 35 m | ||
| Coordinates | 33°15′45″N 44°14′04″E / 33.26250°N 44.23444°ECoordinates: 33°15′45″N 44°14′04″E / 33.26250°N 44.23444°E | ||
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| Location of airport in Iraq | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 15R/33L | 10,830 | 3,301 | Concrete |
| 15L/33R | 13,123 | 4,000 | Concrete |
| Statistics (2009) | |||
| Total passengers |  7,500,000 (estimate)
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| Source: DAFIF[1][2] | |||
It is the home base for Iraq's national airline, Iraqi Airways.
On 3 January 2020, Baghdad International Airport was the location of a U.S. airstrike that killed Qassem Soleimani, leader of Iran's Quds Force, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces, as well as numerous civilians.[3][4]
Baghdad International Airport Media
A recreation of a diagram of the then under construction Baghdad International Airport in 1968.
An Iraqi Airways 737-200 parked in front of the old interim terminal in 2008.
Inside view of the deserted Samarra Blue terminal 3 terminal in 2003, showing a nonfunctional FIDS (note the red and white icon for the long-defunct East German airline Interflug on the fourth row from the bottom, a legacy of the invasion of Kuwait), in front of empty check-in desks and passport control
A military helicopter flying over the airport, 2003
Babylon Terminal, Baghdad International Airport in 2022
Aerial view of Baghdad International Airport
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References
- ↑ Airport information for ORBI at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- ↑ Airport information for SDA at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- ↑ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-01-02/irans-soleimani-and-iraqs-muhandis-killed-in-air-strike-militia-spokesman
- ↑ "US kills powerful Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad airstrike". The Times of Israel.
