Airport · Iraq
Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base
A large airport with scheduled flights, serving Baghdad.
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Iraq at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Codes
- BGW · ORBI
- Serves
- Baghdad
- 18 km in a straight line
- Local time
- Asia/Baghdad
- Elevation
- 35 m
- Runways
- 2 runways open
- Longest runway: 4,000 m
- From DXB
- 1,400 km
- 2 hrs 25 mins · Estimate
Facts
BGW at a glance
From OurAirports (public domain), with the time zone of the place it serves.
- Codes
- IATA BGWICAO ORBI
- Size
- Large
- Serves
- Baghdad
- To the city centre
- 18 km in a straight line
- Elevation
- 35 m (114 ft)
- Runways
- 2 runways open
- Longest runway: 4,000 m
- Time zone
- Asia/Baghdad
- Links
- Wikipedia
- When to go
- Baghdad, month by month
How far it is from the UAE
BGW from the UAE
From DXBBGW
1,400 km
2 hrs 25 mins · Estimate
From AUHBGW
1,410 km
2 hrs 25 mins · Estimate
The great-circle distance, and a rough flying time: the distance at an average 850 km/h plus 45 minutes for take-off and landing. Real flights follow airways, meet headwinds and wait for traffic, so schedules differ.
Airports
Other airports near BGW
Facts
Practical facts
The currency, plugs and emergency numbers of Iraq, where the airport is, and its clock right now.
- Local time
- Asia/Baghdad
- Country
- Iraq
- Currency
- Iraqi Dinar IQDToday's indicative rate: IQD 1,000 ≈ USD 0.659Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Plugs
- Type C and G230 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 104police115fire122ambulance911general emergencyAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Calling code · Driving
- +964 · On the right
Travel advice
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Iraq at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)