Airports / Iraq / IQ-0045
Samarra East Air Base / Dhuluiya Airport
IQ-0045Dhuluiya, IraqELEV 203 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
14 nm
To the nearest alternate
Balad Southeast Airport / Joint Base Balad (ORBD) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Dhuluiya, Iraq, Samarra East Air Base / Dhuluiya Airport (IQ-0045) operates as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 203 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
IQ-0045 has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Balad Southeast Airport / Joint Base Balad (ORBD, 14 nm), Al Taji Army Air Field (ORTI, 39 nm), and Al Sahra Army Air Field (ORSH, 47 nm).
Quotes for flights out of IQ-0045 vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from IQ-0045, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
IQ-0045
IATA
—
FAA / Local
—
Elevation
203 ft
Coordinates
34.1655° N · 44.2643° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Iraq fields
state range 11–2,494 ft
At 203 ft, IQ-0045 sits lower than 58% of the 19 Iraq fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 14nmORBDBalad Southeast Airport / Joint Base BaladAl Bakr
- 39nmORTIAl Taji Army Air FieldTaji
- 47nmORSHAl Sahra Army Air FieldTikrit
- 48nmIQ-0054Tuz Khurmatu Air Base
- 54nmBGWBaghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air BaseBaghdad
- 54nmIQ-0039Rasheed Air BaseBaghdad
Location
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