Airports / Iraq / IQA
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
50 nm
To the nearest alternate
H1 New Air Base (IQ-0016).
Overview
Al Asad Air Base (ORAA / IQA) sits in Hīt, Iraq, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 618 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
IQA has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include H1 New Air Base (IQ-0016, 50 nm), Al Taqaddum Air Base (TQD, 64 nm), and Al Sahra Army Air Field (ORSH, 76 nm).
Quotes for flights out of IQA vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Qadisiyah Airbase. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from IQA, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
ORAA
IATA
IQA
FAA / Local
ORAA
Elevation
618 ft
Coordinates
33.7856° N · 42.4412° 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 618 ft, IQA sits higher 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.
- 50nmIQ-0016H1 New Air BaseAnah
- 64nmTQDAl Taqaddum Air BaseAl Habbaniyah
- 76nmORSHAl Sahra Army Air FieldTikrit
- 92nmORTIAl Taji Army Air FieldTaji
- 94nmIQ-0045Samarra East Air Base / Dhuluiya AirportDhuluiya
- 95nmBGWBaghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air BaseBaghdad
Location
Open the full mapORAA · Al Asad Air Base · Hīt, Iraq