Airports / Iraq / ORBD
Balad Southeast Airport / Joint Base Balad
ORBDAl Bakr, IraqELEV 161 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
14 nm
To the nearest alternate
Samarra East Air Base / Dhuluiya Airport (IQ-0045) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Balad Southeast Airport / Joint Base Balad (ORBD) sits in Al Bakr, Iraq, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. Field elevation is 161 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list ORBD as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Samarra East Air Base / Dhuluiya Airport (IQ-0045, 14 nm), Al Taji Army Air Field (ORTI, 26 nm), and Rasheed Air Base (IQ-0039, 40 nm).
Trip costs from ORBD are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. You may also see the field referenced as Balad Southeast Air Base and Al-Bakir Air Base. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from ORBD to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
ORBD
IATA
—
FAA / Local
OR9
Elevation
161 ft
Coordinates
33.9402° N · 44.3616° 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 161 ft, ORBD sits lower than 63% 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.
- 14nmIQ-0045Samarra East Air Base / Dhuluiya AirportDhuluiya
- 26nmORTIAl Taji Army Air FieldTaji
- 40nmIQ-0039Rasheed Air BaseBaghdad
- 41nmBGWBaghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air BaseBaghdad
- 53nmTQDAl Taqaddum Air BaseAl Habbaniyah
- 60nmORSHAl Sahra Army Air FieldTikrit
Location
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