Airports / Iraq / EBL
Erbil International Airport
ORER / EBLArbil, IraqELEV 1,341 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
39 nm
To the nearest alternate
Mosul International Airport (OSM) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Erbil International Airport (ORER / EBL) is a large commercial airport serving Arbil, Iraq. The field lies at an elevation of 1,341 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
EBL has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Mosul International Airport (OSM, 39 nm), Qayyarah West Airport (RQW, 49 nm), and Kirkuk International Airport (KIK, 50 nm).
Quotes for flights out of EBL vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Irbil and Kurdistan. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from EBL, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
ORER
IATA
EBL
FAA / Local
ORER
Elevation
1,341 ft
Coordinates
36.2360° N · 43.9466° 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
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Iraq fields
state range 11–2,494 ft
At 1,341 ft, EBL sits higher than 84% 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.
- 39nmOSMMosul International AirportMosul
- 49nmRQWQayyarah West AirportQayyarah
- 50nmKIKKirkuk International AirportKirkuk
- 66nmIQ-0051Tal Ashtah New Air Base
- 75nmORTFTall Afar Army Air FieldTall Afar
- 78nmISUJalal Talabani International AirportSulaymaniyah
Location
Open the full mapORER · Erbil International Airport · Arbil, Iraq