Airports / Iraq / ORSH
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
40 nm
To the nearest alternate
Tal Ashtah New Air Base (IQ-0051) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Al Sahra Army Air Field (ORSH) is a mid-sized airport serving Tikrit, Iraq. The field lies at an elevation of 451 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
ORSH has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Tal Ashtah New Air Base (IQ-0051, 40 nm), Samarra East Air Base / Dhuluiya Airport (IQ-0045, 47 nm), and Tuz Khurmatu Air Base (IQ-0054, 49 nm).
Quotes for flights out of ORSH vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Camp Speicher. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from ORSH, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
ORSH
IATA
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FAA / Local
ORSH
Elevation
451 ft
Coordinates
34.6732° N · 43.5430° 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 451 ft, ORSH sits lower than 47% 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.
- 40nmIQ-0051Tal Ashtah New Air Base
- 47nmIQ-0045Samarra East Air Base / Dhuluiya AirportDhuluiya
- 49nmIQ-0054Tuz Khurmatu Air Base
- 60nmORBDBalad Southeast Airport / Joint Base BaladAl Bakr
- 62nmKIKKirkuk International AirportKirkuk
- 69nmRQWQayyarah West AirportQayyarah
Location
Open the full mapORSH · Al Sahra Army Air Field · Tikrit, Iraq