BGW — Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base
- IATA code
- BGW
- ICAO code
- ORBI
- Size
- large
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 3,797,413
- 2019 · Wikidata
- Nonstop routes
- 4
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC+3
- Asia/Baghdad
- Elevation
- 35 m
- 115 ft
- Runways
- 2
- Longest 4,000 m
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About BGW
Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base is a large airport serving Mansour, Iraq. It opened in 1982 and is run by United States Air Force. 3,797,413 passengers used it in 2019. Open traffic data shows 4 nonstop routes from BGW.
Wikidata (CC0). Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from BGW
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| BGW → IST | 1,634 km | 415,129 |
| BGW → SAW | 1,571 km | 294,030 |
| BGW → DEL | 3,171 km | 63,956 |
| BGW → SZF | 1,117 km | 22,547 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports, DGCA (domestic Oct 2025 – Sep 2026, international Jan 2025 – Dec 2025, provisional) for routes in and out of India. Routes outside these are not counted.
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| NJF | Al Najaf International Airport | 142 km |
| KIK | Kirkuk International Airport | 246 km |
| ISU | Jalal Talabani International Airport | 274 km |
| KSH | Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani Airport | 296 km |
| EBL | Erbil International Airport | 332 km |
Distance from BGW to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15L/33R | 4,000 m | 60 m | Concrete |
| 15R/33L | 3,301 m | 45 m | Concrete |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq · 33.2625, 44.2346
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