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Basrah International Airport (Arabic: مطار البصرة الدولي, romanized: Maṭār al-Baṣrah ad-Duwaliyy) (IATA: BSR, ICAO: ORMM) is the second largest international airport in Iraq, and is located in the southern city of Basra.

Basrah International Airport مطار البصرة الدولي Maṭār al-Baṣrah ad-Duwaliyy
IATA: BSR ICAO: ORMM
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Operator	Iraqi Government
Serves	Basra, Iraq
Hub for	Iraqi Airways
Elevation AMSL	11 ft / 3 m
Coordinates	30°32′56.0″N 47°39′44.9″E
Website	www.basrainternationalairport.com
Map
BSR Location of airport in Iraq
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 13,124 4,000 Concrete

History

Construction

The airport was built in the 1980s and then developed in the 1980s by the Iraqi Government department State Organisation for Roads and Bridges (SORB) as a gateway to the only port in Iraq. This second phase of development was completed by a joint venture comprising Strabag Bau AG of Cologne, Billfinger & Berger of Manheim both in Germany and Universale of Austria in Spring 1988.^{[citation needed]} It is claimed that the airport was built only as a facility for VIPs and was only used rarely.

Renovation and military use

Renovation of the airport was supposed to proceed with the construction of a new terminal under German contract but the project prematurely ceased with the outbreak of the 1991 Gulf War. Actual development proceeded in the airport only after the 2003 US invasion of Iraq. Some facilities were refurbished under a contract by United States Agency for International Development. The project is broad as it includes building air traffic control towers and other navigational facilities, as well as the construction of transportation and communications facilities.

The airport was eventually reopened in June 2004. The event was marked by the traditional sheep sacrifice^{[citation needed]} as an Iraqi Airways Boeing 727 jet landed from Baghdad. It was the beginning of a new domestic service in Iraq between Baghdad and Basra. However, many of the passengers complained about the lack of basic facilities. Problems included air conditioning and toilets.^{[citation needed]}

Reconstruction of the airport is still under way to improve the facilities. Iraqi Airways has already operated routes from this airport, and was its second hub.^{[citation needed]}

Between 2003 and 2009 there was a significant Royal Air Force presence at the airport as No. 903 Expeditionary Air Wing was deployed here with a variety of fixed-wing and rotary such as:

Fixed-wing

• Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.2
• Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules C.4 & C.5
• British Aerospace 125

Rotary

• Boeing Chinook HC.2
• Westland Sea King HC.4
• Westland Lynx AH.7/AH.9
• Westland Gazelle AH.1
• Westland Puma HC.1
• Westland Merlin HC.3

The unit was re-deployed to Camp Bastion, Afghanistan during mid 2009.[1]

The United States Army has also deployed a number of aircraft to Basra irregularly:

• Boeing AH-64 Apache

The Danish Air Force also deployed some aircraft:

• Eurocopter Squirrel

Ground operations

Following the American control and since 2002, SkyLink Arabia has been providing ground operations and fuel supply at the airport.[2] In 2014 Group holding services with its subsidiary Basra ground handling services company with the partnership of Iraq airways took over the ground handling operations at the airport.

During 2010 access to the airport was strictly controlled by checkpoints situated at the main Airport entrance. Navigating this was done strictly on the production of a flight reference number for outward travel. The US Government (USG), accommodated at the adjacent US Consulate, required dedicated transfer services from the Consulate to the Airport terminal. A newly established company, Personal Transition Services (PTS), was contracted by several of the USG elements to perform this service. The company started by providing services directly to and from the Airport, but quickly grew into a company that provide full life support services further to the south close to the Iraq/Kuwait border at Safwan. PTS became the first International company to have a desk inside the main Airport terminal, from where the locally employed staff were able to provide both English and Iraqi speaking services.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Cham Wings Airlines	Damascus[3]
Emirates	Dubai–International
Fly Baghdad	Damascus[4]
flydubai	Dubai–International
Iraqi Airways	Amman–Queen Alia, Baghdad, Beirut, Cairo, Delhi, Dubai–International, Erbil, Istanbul, Mashhad, Sulaymaniyah
Middle East Airlines	Beirut
Nile Air	Cairo
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[5]
Royal Jordanian	Amman–Queen Alia
Qatar Airways	Doha
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul

See also

• List of United Kingdom Military installations used during Operation Telic
• List of United States Military installations in Iraq

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

External links

На других языках

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[de] Flughafen Basra

Der Internationale Flughafen Basra (arabisch مطار البصرة الدولي Maṭār al-Baṣra ad-duwalī) ist der zweitgrößte internationale Flughafen im Irak und befindet sich in der südlichen Stadt Basra.

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- [en] Basra International Airport

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[es] Aeropuerto Internacional de Basora

El Aeropuerto Internacional de Basora (IATA: BSR, OACI: ORMM) es el segundo mayor aeropuerto internacional de Irak, y se encuentra al sur de la ciudad de Basora.

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[fr] Aéroport international de Bassorah

L'Aéroport international de Bassorah arabe : مطار لبصرة الدولي (code IATA : BSR • code OACI : ORMM), est le principal aéroport de la ville de Bassorah en Irak. Il est desservi par la compagnie Iraqi Airways.

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[it] Aeroporto Internazionale di Bassora

L'Aeroporto internazionale di Bàssora (in arabo: مطار البصرة الدولي, ICAO: ORMM - IATA: BSR) è un aeroporto iracheno localizzato a circa 16 km ad ovest del centro di Bassora.

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[ru] Басра (международный аэропорт)

Международный аэропорт Басры (араб. مطار البصرة الدولي‎) — второй крупнейший международный аэропорт в Ираке. Находится в южном городе Басра.

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