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Name
Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
ORBI / BGW / ORBI
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- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
3:44 am (AST)
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Municipality
Baghdad
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Coordinates
33° 15′ 45″ N 44° 14′ 4″ E
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Elevation
114 ft (35 m MSL)
About Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base
Baghdad International Airport (IATA: BGW, ICAO: ORBI), previously Saddam International Airport from 1982 to 2003, (IATA: SDA, ICAO: ORBS) (Arabic: مطار بغداد الدولي, romanized: Maṭār Baġdād ad-Dawaliyy) is Iraq's largest international airport, located in a suburb about 16 km (9.9 mi) west of downtown Baghdad in the Baghdad Governorate. It is the home base for Iraq's national airline, Iraqi Airways.
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