Baghdad International Airport

{{Infobox airport

| name = Baghdad International Airport

| nativename-a = {{nobold|{{lang|ar|مطار بغداد الدولي}}}}

| nativename-r = {{small|Maṭār Baġdād ad-Dawaliyy}}

| image = Baghdad International Airport Logo.png

| image_size = 210

| image2 = Baghdad International Airport.jpg

| caption2 = Baghdad International Airport in September 2007

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-wikidata = yes

| IATA = BGW

| ICAO = ORBI

| pushpin_map = Iraq

| pushpin_mapsize = 220

| pushpin_mark = Airplane_silhouette.svg

| pushpin_label = BGW

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Iraq

| pushpin_relief = 1

| type = Public / Military

| owner =

| operator = Iraqi Government

| city-served =

| location = Baghdad, Iraq

| hub =

| elevation-f = 114

| elevation-m = 35

| coordinates = {{coord|33|15|45|N|44|14|04|E|region:IQ|display=inline,title}}

| website = {{URL|https://baghdadairport.gov.iq}}

| metric-rwy =

| r1-number = 15R/33L

| r1-length-f = 10,830

| r1-length-m = 3,301

| r1-surface = Concrete

| r2-number = 15L/33R

| r2-length-f = 13,123

| r2-length-m = 4,000

| r2-surface = Concrete

| stat-year = 2022

| stat1-header = Passengers

| stat1-data = 2,915,052

| stat2-header = Aircraft operations

| stat2-data = 32,549

| footnotes = Source: ICAA,{{cite web|url=https://icaa.gov.iq/upload/2469594738.pdf|title=Iraq's AIP. Consolidated edition, February, 2021|accessdate= June 15, 2024}} COSIT.{{cite web |title=اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2022|script-title= |url=https://ftp.cosit.gov.iq/documents/transportation%20and%20communication/transportation/fullreports/eartrans/%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%202022.pdf|accessdate=2024-06-15 |publisher=Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT)}}

}}

Baghdad International Airport {{airport codes|BGW|ORBI}}, previously Saddam International Airport from 1982 to 2003, {{airport codes|SDA|ORBS}} ({{langx|ar|مطار بغداد الدولي|Maṭār Baġdād ad-Dawaliyy}}) is Iraq's largest international airport, located in a suburb about {{convert|16|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of downtown Baghdad in the Baghdad Governorate. It is the home base for Iraq's national airline, Iraqi Airways.

History

= Interwar =

The Baghdad West Aerodrome was made available for civilian flights of Imperial Airways on April 1, 1929.{{cite book | author=Great Britain. Colonial Office | author2=League of Nations. Council | title=Iraq, Report on Iraq Administration | publisher=H.M. Stationery Office | year=1927 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Je5QAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PA114 | language=mt | access-date=2024-07-29 | page=3-PA114}}

It is unclear when the airport actually became the main airport of Baghdad, as it existed long before 1982, with what is now runway 15R/33L as the only runway. Until 1970, Al Muthanna Airport or Muthenna Air Base was the main airport of Baghdad. {{Cite web |title= Corona|url=https://corona.cast.uark.edu/atlas#zoom=14¢er=4923511,3928967}}

=Construction and operation=

The airport was developed under a consortium led by French company Spie Batignolles under an agreement made in 1979. The Iran–Iraq War delayed full opening of the airport until 1982. It opened as Saddam International Airport, bearing the name of then-Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.{{cite book|title=Technology Transfer to the Middle East: Summary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3b_8bcJHxB4C&pg=PA273|year=1984|publisher=DIANE Publishing|isbn=978-1-4289-2383-6|page=273}}

Most of Baghdad's civilian flights stopped in 1991,{{Cite web |title=Baghdad International Airport |url=https://www.airport-technology.com/projects/baghdadinternational/ |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=Airport Technology |language=en-US}} when the United Nations imposed restrictions on Iraq after its invasion of Kuwait. After the Persian Gulf War, a no-fly zone imposed on Iraq by the United States and the United Kingdom meant that Iraqi Airways was only able to continue domestic flights for limited periods.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} Occasional international charter flights carrying medicine, aid workers, and government officials were allowed into Baghdad.{{Cite web |title=Iraq Baghdad Private Jet Charter |url=https://jetsplore.com/en/airport/private-jet-charter-to-baghdad-airport/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722014649/https://jetsplore.com/en/airport/private-jet-charter-to-baghdad-airport/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 July 2024 }} Royal Jordanian Airlines operated regular flights from Amman to Baghdad.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

On August 17, 2000, the airport was officially opened to civilian flights. Minister of Transport Ahmad Murtada said that:

{{Blockquote|text=And we are expecting the arrival of aircraft. The embargo has prevented Iraqi citizens from using the airport for 10 years. There is no international resolution banning flights to Iraq. It is a US-British-Zionist decision that is neither lawful, humane nor fair.|author=Ahmed Murtada}}

=2003–2005 (U.S. occupation)=

File:Baghdad International Airport (October 2003).jpg (note the red and white icon for the long-defunct East German airline Interflug on the fourth row from the bottom, a legacy of the invasion of Kuwait), in front of empty check-in desks and passport control]]

File:Sen. McCain visits Iraq DVIDS93115.jpg

In 2003, United States-led Coalition forces invaded Iraq. In early April, they moved into Baghdad, took control of the airport, and changed its name to Baghdad International Airport.{{Cite web |date=2003-04-04 |title=Renamed airport gateway to Iraq's future |url=https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/139574/renamed-airport-gateway-to-iraqs-future/https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/139574/renamed-airport-gateway-to-iraqs-future/ |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=Air Force |language=en-US}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The ICAO code for the airport consequently changed from ORBS to ORBI. The IATA code also changed from SDA to BGW, which had previously referred to all Baghdad airports, and before that to Al Muthana Airport when Saddam Hussein was in power.

In July 2003, the airport resumed civilian flights for the first time since 1991.

File:001127-BaghdadAirport-Iraq-IMG 8335-2.jpg Terminal, Baghdad International Airport in 2022]]

Civilian control of the airport was returned to the Iraqi Government from the Coalition Provisional Authority in 2004.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

=2005–2011=

Sather Air Base – the American base on the west side of the airport – came under periodic rocket fire from Baghdad. On 6 December 2006, a 107mm rocket attack landed {{convert|30|yd|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} from a parked C-5A aircraft, puncturing it with scores of shrapnel holes.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

Terminal C was refreshed with three active gate areas for carriers operating from the airport.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024|reason=Need citation of the event happening, and when.}}

= 2012-Present =

Baghdad Airport Road, connecting the airport to the Green Zone, once a dangerous route full of IEDs, was refurbished in 2014 with palm trees, manicured lawns, and a fountain, with Turkish assistance.{{cite news|last1=Arango|first1=Tim|title=Amid Mutual Suspicion, Turkish Premier Visits Iraq|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/21/world/middleeast/turkey-iraq-isis-ahmet-davutoglu.html|access-date=22 November 2014|agency=The New York Times|publisher=The New York Times Company|date=20 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218210427/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/21/world/middleeast/turkey-iraq-isis-ahmet-davutoglu.html|archive-date=18 February 2018|url-status=live}}

On 1 May 2023, the Iraqi government under Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani approved plans to enhance services with the intention of launching an expansion project in the development of Baghdad Airport in the second half of 2023. In 2024, the airport reached the final stage of its expansion plan, according to the International Finance Corporation.

Military use

A separate enclave within the airport houses the New Al Muthana Air Base, where the Iraqi Air Force's 23rd Squadron is based, operating three Lockheed C-130E Hercules transport aircraft. The base is also home to a number of Sukhoi Su-25 attack aircraft.{{cite book|title=AirForces Monthly|date=August 2014|publisher=Key Publishing Ltd|location=Stamford, Lincolnshire, England|pages=22|title-link=AirForces Monthly}}

Sather Air Base, or Camp Sather, was a United States Air Force base on the west side of the airport from 2003 to 2011. It was named in memory of Combat Controller Staff Sergeant Scott Sather, the first enlisted airman to die in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sather was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Valor for his leadership of a 24th Special Tactics Squadron reconnaissance task force during the initial stages of the 2003 U.S. invasion.{{Cite web |title=SSgt Scott Sather |url=https://www.airforcespecialtactics.af.mil/About/History/Honor-The-Fallen/SSgt-Scott-Sather/ |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=www.airforcespecialtactics.af.mil}}

Airport developments

On 18 May 2010, plans were unveiled for an expansion of Baghdad International Airport, doubling its capacity to 15 million passengers per year. The expansion, to be funded by foreign investors, was to include construction of three new terminals and refurbishment of the existing three, each of which would accommodate 2.5 million passengers annually.{{Cite web |url=http://logisticsweek.com/air/2010/05/baghdad-airport-unveils-plans-for-terminal-expansion/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=25 May 2010 |archive-date=28 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728043631/http://logisticsweek.com/air/2010/05/baghdad-airport-unveils-plans-for-terminal-expansion/ |url-status=dead }}

Airlines and destinations

=Passenger=

{{Airport-dest-list

| Air Arabia | Abu Dhabi,{{cite web | url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/business/air-arabia-abu-dhabi-launches-new-direct-flights-to-two-cities-in-iraq | title=Air Arabia Abu Dhabi launches new direct flights to two cities in Iraq }} Sharjah

| AJet | Ankara,{{Cite web |url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/282544/turkish-airlines-adds-ankara-baghdad-service-in-s19/ |title=Turkish Airlines adds Ankara – Baghdad service in S19 |access-date=22 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122094730/https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/282544/turkish-airlines-adds-ankara-baghdad-service-in-s19/ |archive-date=22 January 2019 |url-status=live }} Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen{{cite web |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Turkish Airlines confirms AnadoluJet network transition from late-March 2020 |url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/288734/turkish-airlines-confirms-anadolujet-network-transition-from-late-march-2020/ |website=Routesonline |access-date=14 January 2020}}

| ATA Airlines | Mashhad, Tehran–Imam Khomeini

| Azerbaijan Airlines | Baku{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231204-j2dec23bgw|title=AZERBAIJAN AIRLINES RESUMES BAGHDAD SERVICE FROM LATE-DEC 2023|publisher=AeroRoutes|date=4 December 2023|accessdate=4 December 2023}}

| Caspian Airlines | Tehran–Imam Khomeini

| {{nowrap|Cham Wings Airlines}} | Damascus

| Egyptair | Cairo

| Emirates | Dubai–International{{cite web | url=https://www.emirates.com/media-centre/emirates-resumes-flights-to-beirut-from-1-february/#:~:text=Dubai%2C%20UAE%20%2D%2024%20January%2C,Iraq%20on%20the%20same%20day | title=Emirates resumes flight to Beirut }}

| flydubai | Dubai–International{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/28/world/middleeast/flydubai-jet-hit-by-gunfire-as-it-lands-at-baghdad-airport.html|title=Airlines Suspend Flights to Iraq's Baghdad Airport After Jet Is Hit by Gunfire|first=Kareem|last=Fahim|newspaper=The New York Times|date=27 January 2015|access-date=5 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907170652/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/28/world/middleeast/flydubai-jet-hit-by-gunfire-as-it-lands-at-baghdad-airport.html|archive-date=7 September 2017|url-status=live}}

|Gulf Air | Bahrain

| Iran Airtour | Mashhad, Tehran–Imam Khomeini

| Iran Aseman Airlines | Tehran–Imam Khomeini

| Iraqi Airways | Abu Dhabi, Ahmedabad, Amman–Queen Alia, Ankara, Antalya, Baku, Basra, Beijing–Capital,{{cite web |title=Iraqi Airways Plans Beijing May 2024 Launch |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240422-iamay24pek |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=22 April 2024}} Beirut, Berlin, Cairo, Copenhagen, Delhi, Dubai–International, Düsseldorf,{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231102-ianov23dus|title=Iraqi Airways Resumes Dusseldorf Service from Nov 2023|publisher=AeroRoutes|date=2 November 2023|accessdate=2 November 2023}} Erbil, Frankfurt, Guangzhou,{{cite web|title=Iraqi Airways to Resume Guangzhou Service in 4Q23|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230920-ia4q23can|website=Aeroroutes|access-date=20 September 2023}} Isfahan, Istanbul, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Karachi, Kirkuk, Kish, Kuala Lumpur–International,{{cite news |title=Iraqi Airways Resumes Kuala Lumpur From Feb 2024|url= https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240112-iafeb24kul}} Kuwait City, Mashhad, Moscow–Vnukovo,{{cite news|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|title=Iraqi Airways Germany / Russia service changes from Oct 2017|url=http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/275177/iraqi-airways-germany-russia-service-changes-from-oct-2017/|access-date=11 October 2017|work=Routesonline|date=11 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615191323/https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/275177/iraqi-airways-germany-russia-service-changes-from-oct-2017/|archive-date=15 June 2018|url-status=live}} Mumbai, Munich, Najaf, Nasiriyah, Samsun, Sharjah,{{cite web|title=Iraqi Airways Adds Sharjah From late-Oct 2024|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241022-ianw24shj}} Sulaimaniyah, Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Seasonal: Hurghada,{{cite web|url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/285412/iraqi-airways-files-hurghada-trabzon-schedules-from-july-2019/|title=Iraqi Airways files Hurghada / Trabzon schedules from July 2019|publisher=routesonline.com|date=16 July 2019|access-date=16 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716144304/https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/285412/iraqi-airways-files-hurghada-trabzon-schedules-from-july-2019/|archive-date=16 July 2019|url-status=live}} Jeddah, Medina, Sharm El Sheikh, Trabzon

| Jordan Aviation | Amman–Queen Alia

| Mahan Air | Mashhad, Tehran–Imam Khomeini

| Meraj Airlines | Mashhad, Tehran–Imam Khomeini

| {{nowrap|Middle East Airlines}} | Beirut

| Nile Air | Cairo
Seasonal: Sharm El Sheikh{{cite web|url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/285118/nile-air-schedules-baghdad-charters-from-july-2019/|title=Nile Air schedules Baghdad charters from July 2019|website=routesonline.com|date=27 June 2019|access-date=27 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627164009/https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/285118/nile-air-schedules-baghdad-charters-from-july-2019/|archive-date=27 June 2019|url-status=live}}

| Pars Air | Mashhad

| Pegasus Airlines | Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen

| Qatar Airways | Doha

| Royal Jordanian | Amman–Queen Alia{{Cite web|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/gulf-air-and-royal-jordanian-suspend-service-to-iraq-amid-regional-tensions/135996.article|title = Gulf Air and Royal Jordanian suspend service to Iraq amid regional tensions}}

| SalamAir | Muscat{{cite news|title=SalamAir launches flights to Baghdad|url=https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1142203/oman/transport/salamair-launches-flights-to-baghdad|work=Oman Observer|date=2 September 2023|access-date=2 October 2023|language=en}}

| Sepehran Airlines | Mashhad, Tehran–Imam Khomeini

| Syrian Air | Damascus

| Taban Air | Kish, Mashhad, Tehran–Imam Khomeini

| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul{{Cite web|url=https://onemileatatime.com/istanbul-airport-transition-delay/|title=Istanbul New Airport Transition Delayed Until April 5, 2019 (At The Earliest)|access-date=27 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227232218/https://onemileatatime.com/istanbul-airport-transition-delay/|archive-date=27 February 2019|url-status=live}}
Seasonal: Antalya

| UR Airlines{{cite web |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=UR Airlines files S20 network |url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/290066/ur-airlines-files-s20-network/ |website=Routesonline |access-date=4 March 2020}} | Ankara, Antalya, Beirut, Damascus, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Samsun

| Varesh Airlines | Mashhad, Tehran–Imam Khomeini

| Zagros Airlines | Tehran–Imam Khomeini

}}

=Cargo=

File:Baghdadinternationalairportaerial.JPG

{{Airport-dest-list

| Coyne Airways | Dubai–International[http://www.coyneair.com/gulf-schedule.htm conyeair.com - Gulf Schedule] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604105641/http://www.coyneair.com/gulf-schedule.htm |date=4 June 2019 }} retrieved 24 November 2019

| EgyptAir Cargo | Cairo{{cite web|url=http://www.aircargonews.net/news/airport/ground-handlers/single-view/news/dnata-scoops-new-egyptair-cargo-handling-deal-in-dubai.html|title=Dnata scoops new Egyptair Cargo handling deal in Dubai ǀ Air Cargo News|publisher=DVV Media International|website=www.aircargonews.net|date=30 May 2018|access-date=1 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180604084149/http://www.aircargonews.net/news/airport/ground-handlers/single-view/news/dnata-scoops-new-egyptair-cargo-handling-deal-in-dubai.html|archive-date=4 June 2018|url-status=live}}

| Silk Way Airlines | Baku[http://www.silkwayairlines.com/our-network silkwayairlines.com - Our network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103090613/http://www.silkwayairlines.com/our-network |date=3 November 2019 }} retrieved 24 November 2019

| DHL Aviation | Bahrain[https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/es301 Flight history for DHL Aviation EEMEA flight ES301] retrieved 23 April 2025

}}

Statistics

scope=col rowspan="2" \| Year ! scope=col colspan="2" \| Passengers ! scope=col colspan="2" \| Cargo ! scope=col colspan="2" \| Aircraft operations
class="wikitable"
scope=col \| Total \|\| %YoY \|\| Tons \|\| %YoY \|\| Movements \|\| %YoY
style="text-align:right;" \| 2015	{{formatnum:1898589}}	N.D.	{{formatnum:11657.5}}	N.D.	{{formatnum:19952}}	N.D.
style="text-align:right;" \| 2016	{{formatnum:1787247}}	{{decrease}} 5.9%	{{formatnum:18903.1}}	{{increase}} 62.2%	{{formatnum:16858}}	{{decrease}} 15.5%
style="text-align:right;" \| 2017	{{formatnum:3507910}}	{{increase}} 96.3%	{{formatnum:33254.8}}	{{increase}} 75.9%	{{formatnum:31342}}	{{increase}} 85.1%
style="text-align:right;" \| 2018	{{formatnum:3909709}}	{{increase}} 11.5%	{{formatnum:11027.0}}	{{decrease}} 66.8%	{{formatnum:37751}}	{{increase}} 20.4%
style="text-align:right;" \| 2019	{{formatnum:3778578}}	{{decrease}} 3.5%	{{formatnum:12057.7}}	{{increase}} 9.3%	{{formatnum:37265}}	{{decrease}} 1.3%
style="text-align:right;" \| 2020	{{formatnum:928876}}	{{decrease}} 75.4%	{{formatnum:6105.3}}	{{decrease}} 49.4%	{{formatnum:11301}}	{{decrease}} 69.7%
style="text-align:right;" \| 2021	{{formatnum:2071150}}	{{increase}} 123.0%	{{formatnum:7346.7}}	{{increase}} 20.3%	{{formatnum:23678}}	{{increase}} 109.5%
style="text-align:right;" \| 2022	{{formatnum:2915052}}	{{increase}} 40.7%	{{formatnum:8803.3}}	{{increase}} 19.8%	{{formatnum:32549}}	{{increase}} 37.5%

Source: COSIT. Air Transport Activity Statistics, years 2015,{{cite web |title=اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2015|script-title= |url=https://cosit.gov.iq/documents/transportation%20and%20communication/transportation/fullreports/eartrans/%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1%20%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A1%D8%A7%D8%AA%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%202015.pdf|accessdate=2024-06-15 |publisher=Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT)}} 2016,{{cite web |title=اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2016|script-title= |url=https://www.cosit.gov.iq/documents/transportation%20and%20communication/transportation/fullreports/eartrans/%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1%20%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A1%D8%A7%D8%AA%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%20%202016%20.pdf|accessdate=2024-06-15 |publisher=Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT)}} 2017,{{cite web |title=اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2017|script-title= |url=https://cosit.gov.iq/documents/transportation%20and%20communication/transportation/fullreports/eartrans/%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1%20%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A1%D8%A7%D8%AA%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%20%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%A9%202017.pdf|accessdate=2024-06-15 |publisher=Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT)}} 2018,{{cite web |title=اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2018|script-title= |url=https://www.cosit.gov.iq/documents/transportation%20and%20communication/transportation/fullreports/eartrans/%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1%20%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A1%D8%A7%D8%AA%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%20%202018%20.pdf|accessdate=2024-06-15 |publisher=Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT)}} 2019,{{cite web |title=اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2019|script-title= |url=https://cosit.gov.iq/documents/transportation%20and%20communication/transportation/fullreports/eartrans/%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1%20%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A1%D8%A7%D8%AA%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%202019-2.pdf|accessdate=2024-06-15 |publisher=Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT)}} 2020,{{cite web |title=اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2020|script-title= |url=https://cosit.gov.iq/documents/transportation%20and%20communication/transportation/fullreports/eartrans/%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1%20%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A1%D8%A7%D8%AA%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%202020.pdf|accessdate=2024-06-15 |publisher=Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT)}} 2021{{cite web |title=اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2021|script-title= |url=https://cosit.gov.iq/documents/transportation%20and%20communication/transportation/fullreports/eartrans/%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1%20%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A1%D8%A7%D8%AA%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%202021.pdf|accessdate=2024-06-15 |publisher=Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT)}} and 2022.{{cite web |title=اﻟﻧﻘل اﻟﺟوي ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘطﺎع اﻟﺣﮐوﻣﻲ إﺣﺻﺎء ﻧﺷﺎط ﺔـ ﻟﺳﻧ 2022|script-title= |url=https://ftp.cosit.gov.iq/documents/transportation%20and%20communication/transportation/fullreports/eartrans/%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%202022.pdf|accessdate=2024-06-15 |publisher=Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT)}}

Incidents and accidents

In February 1991, five aircraft, comprising three Iraqi Government executive jets, plus two Iraqi Airways Tupolev Tu-124Vs (YI-AEL and YI-AEY), were destroyed on the ground at Saddam International Airport by US or allied bombs during the Gulf War.{{cite web |title=Tupolev Tu-124V YI-AEL, February 1991 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/325825 |website=Aviation-Safety Network |access-date=7 February 2025}}{{cite web |title=Tupolev Tu-124V YI-AEY, February 1991 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/325829 |website=Aviation-Safety Network |access-date=7 February 2025}}{{cite web |title=YI-AKH, February 1991 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/325828 |website=Aviation-Safety Network |access-date=7 February 2025}}{{cite web |title=Gulfstream III G-1159A YI-AKI, February 1991 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/325826 |website=Aviation-Safety Network |access-date=7 February 2025}}{{cite web |title=Gulfstream III G-1159A YI-AKJ, February 1991 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/325827 |website=Aviation-Safety Network |access-date=7 February 2025}}
In June 2000, two Saudi former military officers boarded a plane bound for London and diverted it to Baghdad. They wanted to claim asylum in Iraq, but Iraqi authorities later deported them to Saudi Arabia.{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20001014-0|title = ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 777-268 HZ-AKH Baghdad}}
On 22 November 2003, a European Air Transport Airbus A300B4 freighter, registered OO-DLL, operating on behalf of DHL Aviation, was hit by an SA-14 'Grail' missile shortly after takeoff. The airplane lost hydraulic pressure, causing a loss of control. After extending the landing gear to create more drag, the crew piloted the plane using differences in engine thrust and landed the plane with minimal further damage. All three crew survived. After the incident, civilian planes took to routinely performing corkscrew landings to minimise the risk of being hit by surface weapons.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22766888|title=The opinion pollsters who dodged mortar fire and militias|work=BBC News|date=5 June 2013|access-date=4 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925175547/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22766888|archive-date=25 September 2015|url-status=live}}
On 26 January 2015, a Flydubai Boeing 737-800 flying from Dubai to Baghdad with 154 passengers on board was hit by small-arms fire on approach to Baghdad International Airport. The plane landed safely.{{cite journal|title=Boeing Hit by Gunfire in Baghdad|journal=Airliner World|date=March 2015|page=83}} One passenger was injured when at least three bullets struck the plane. After the incident, UAE carriers FlyDubai and Emirates suspended their flights from Dubai to Baghdad. Flights by Turkish Airlines and Royal Jordanian were also temporarily suspended.
On 3 January 2020, a U.S. drone strike killed Qasem Soleimani, leader of Iran's Quds Force, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces, as their convoy left the airport on or near Baghdad Airport Road.{{Cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-01-02/irans-soleimani-and-iraqs-muhandis-killed-in-air-strike-militia-spokesman |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103034718/https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-01-02/irans-soleimani-and-iraqs-muhandis-killed-in-air-strike-militia-spokesman |archive-date=3 January 2020 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-quds-force-head-qassem-soleimani-killed-in-baghdad-strike-iraqi-tv/ |title=US kills powerful Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad airstrike |website=The Times of Israel |access-date=3 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103051222/https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-quds-force-head-qassem-soleimani-killed-in-baghdad-strike-iraqi-tv/ |archive-date=3 January 2020 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/world/middleeast/qassem-soleimani-iraq-iran-attack.html |title=U.S. Strike in Iraq Kills Qassim Suleimani, Commander of Iranian Forces |last1=Crowley |first1=Michael |date=2 January 2020 |work=The New York Times |access-date=3 January 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103022034/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/world/middleeast/qassem-soleimani-iraq-iran-attack.html |archive-date=3 January 2020 |last2=Hassan |first2=Falih |last3=Schmitt |first3=Eric}}

References

External links

[http://www.baghdad-airport.com/ Baghdad Airport Arrivals and Departures ] (non-official website)
[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/saddam-iap.htm Globalsecurity.org profile]
[http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1009/p01s05-woiq.html Christian Science Monitor article on reconstruction, October 2003]
[http://carynorton.com/the-loneliest-airport Extensive photographs of Baghdad Airport – 12.07.2004]
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