Airports / Iraq / RQW
Qayyarah West Airport
ORQW / RQWQayyarah, IraqELEV 749 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
32 nm
To the nearest alternate
Mosul International Airport (OSM) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Qayyarah West Airport, listed as ORQW / RQW, is a mid-sized airport in Qayyarah, Iraq. The field lies at an elevation of 749 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
RQW has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Mosul International Airport (OSM, 32 nm), Tall Afar Army Air Field (ORTF, 47 nm), and Sahl Sinjar Air Base (IQ-0042, 48 nm).
Quotes for flights out of RQW vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from RQW, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
ORQW
IATA
RQW
FAA / Local
ORQW
Elevation
749 ft
Coordinates
35.7672° N · 43.1251° 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 749 ft, RQW sits higher than 68% 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.
- 32nmOSMMosul International AirportMosul
- 47nmORTFTall Afar Army Air FieldTall Afar
- 48nmIQ-0042Sahl Sinjar Air Base
- 49nmEBLErbil International AirportArbil
- 62nmIQ-0051Tal Ashtah New Air Base
- 62nmKIKKirkuk International AirportKirkuk
Location
Open the full mapORQW · Qayyarah West Airport · Qayyarah, Iraq