ORBD Medium Airport

Airport record

Balad Southeast Airport / Joint Base Balad

Al Bakr, Salah ad Din Governorate, Iraq

WGS 84 position 33.94020°, 44.36160° Open map
FIELD ELEVATION 161 ft MSL

49 metres

REPORTED OPEN RUNWAYS 2

1 reported lighted · 1 reported not lighted

LONGEST REPORTED 11,495 ft

3,504 metres · 12/30

PUBLISHED COMMS 6

Source records

Runway geometry

Reported runway surfaces

TRUE headings
Runway Dimensions Surface Heading (true) Lighting Status
12/30 11,495 × 149 ft3,504 × 45 m PEM 125.7° / 305.7° northwest–southeast Reported not lighted Reported open
14/32 11,490 × 197 ft3,502 × 60 m Concrete 145.7° / 325.7° northwest–southeast Reported lighted Reported open

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Runway ends

Published end data

Each runway end is listed separately. Headings are true; elevations are MSL. A dash means the source did not publish a value—not zero.

Runway-end identifiers, parent runways, true headings, elevations, displaced thresholds, and published coordinates
End Runway True heading End elevation Displaced threshold Coordinates
12 LE · low-numbered end 12/30 Reported open 125.7°T 157 ft MSL48 m Not published 33.94560°, 44.34150° Open end map ↗
30 HE · high-numbered end 12/30 Reported open 305.7°T 160 ft MSL49 m Not published 33.92720°, 44.37230° Open end map ↗
14 LE · low-numbered end 14/32 Reported open 145.7°T 159 ft MSL48 m Not published 33.95700°, 44.35550° Open end map ↗
32 HE · high-numbered end 14/32 Reported open 325.7°T 160 ft MSL49 m Not published 33.93090°, 44.37680° Open end map ↗

Communications

Published frequencies

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TypeFrequencyDescription
APP 126.425 MHz APP
GND 128.750 MHz GND
MISC 126.750 MHz SOF
PMSV 33.600 MHz METRO
POST 33.190 MHz COMD POST
TWR 119.875 MHz TWR

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Nearby airports

All in Iraq
CodeAirportDistance & bearingLongest runway
ORBI Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air BaseBaghdad 41 NM76 km · S · 189° true 13,124 ft
ORKK Kirkuk International AirportKirkuk 92 NM170 km · N · 360° true 9,809 ft
ORER Erbil International AirportArbil 139 NM258 km · N · 352° true 15,748 ft
ORMM Basra International AirportBasra 264 NM488 km · SE · 140° true 13,124 ft
OITT Tabriz International AirportTabriz 268 NM496 km · N · 19° true 11,825 ft
OIAW Qasem Soleimani International AirportAhvaz 272 NM504 km · SE · 124° true 11,149 ft

Source & provenance

Data source

Airport, runway, and frequency records come from the OurAirports Public Domain dataset snapshot dated . Missing values remain missing; Runway Almanac does not invent them.