Airports / Iraq / ORUB
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
39 nm
To the nearest alternate
Kut Al Hayy East Air Base (IQ-0030).
Overview
Ubaydah Bin Al Jarrah Airport (ORUB) is a mid-sized airport serving Al Kut, Iraq. The field lies at an elevation of 68 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
ORUB has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Kut Al Hayy East Air Base (IQ-0030, 39 nm), Ilam Airport (IIL, 74 nm), and Al Najaf International Airport (NJF, 75 nm).
Quotes for flights out of ORUB vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from ORUB, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
ORUB
IATA
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FAA / Local
ORUB
Elevation
68 ft
Coordinates
32.4820° N · 45.7571° 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 68 ft, ORUB sits lower 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.
- 39nmIQ-0030Kut Al Hayy East Air Base
- 74nmIILIlam AirportIlam
- 75nmNJFAl Najaf International AirportNajaf
- 80nmIQ-0039Rasheed Air BaseBaghdad
- 90nmBGWBaghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air BaseBaghdad
- 94nmXNHAli Air BaseNasiriyah
Location
Open the full mapORUB · Ubaydah Bin Al Jarrah Airport · Al Kut, Iraq