Airports / Iraq / XNH
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
35 nm
To the nearest alternate
Jalibah Southeast Air Base (IQ-0024).
Overview
Ali Air Base, listed as ORTL / XNH, is a mid-sized airport in Nasiriyah, Iraq. The field lies at an elevation of 20 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
XNH has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Jalibah Southeast Air Base (IQ-0024, 35 nm), Qalat Salih Air Base (IQ-0034, 69 nm), and Kut Al Hayy East Air Base (IQ-0030, 72 nm).
Quotes for flights out of XNH vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Tallil Air Base and Camp Adder. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from XNH, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
ORTL
IATA
XNH
FAA / Local
ORTL
Elevation
20 ft
Coordinates
30.9358° N · 46.0901° 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 20 ft, XNH sits lower than 89% 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.
- 35nmIQ-0024Jalibah Southeast Air BaseJalibah
- 69nmIQ-0034Qalat Salih Air Base
- 72nmIQ-0030Kut Al Hayy East Air Base
- 84nmBSRBasra International AirportBasra
- 94nmORUBUbaydah Bin Al Jarrah AirportAl Kut
- 107nmNJFAl Najaf International AirportNajaf
Location
Open the full mapORTL · Ali Air Base · Nasiriyah, Iraq