Al Taqaddum Air Base

By the numbers

• 25,273 ft

  Runway, all told

  4.2 nm of pavement across 2 runways

• 2nd

  Longest in Iraq

  of 12 airfields in the country

• 84th

  Longest in the world

  of 4,677 with a measured runway

• 7th

  Highest in Iraq

  275 ft above sea level

• 32 nm

  Nearest airfield

  ORBI, bearing 098

• Concrete, Part concrete, part asphalt

  Surface

  Every runway lit