Airports / Iraq / ORTF
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
28 nm
To the nearest alternate
Sahl Sinjar Air Base (IQ-0042) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Tall Afar Army Air Field (ORTF) sits in Tall Afar, Iraq, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 996 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
ORTF has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Sahl Sinjar Air Base (IQ-0042, 28 nm), Mosul International Airport (OSM, 36 nm), and Qayyarah West Airport (RQW, 47 nm).
Quotes for flights out of ORTF vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from ORTF, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
ORTF
IATA
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FAA / Local
ORTF
Elevation
996 ft
Coordinates
36.2831° N · 42.4030° 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 996 ft, ORTF sits higher than 74% 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.
- 28nmIQ-0042Sahl Sinjar Air Base
- 36nmOSMMosul International AirportMosul
- 47nmRQWQayyarah West AirportQayyarah
- 67nmNKTŞırnak Şerafettin Elçi AirportŞırnak
- 73nmKACQamishli International AirportQamishli
- 75nmEBLErbil International AirportArbil
Location
Open the full mapORTF · Tall Afar Army Air Field · Tall Afar, Iraq