Iraq
Najaf Governorate
Kufa District

Al Najaf International Airport

Najaf International Airport is an serving , , and is located on the eastern side of the city. Formerly a military airbase, the airport consists of one asphalt runway, measuring 3,000 metres long and 45 metres wide.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Iraq
  • Also known as: “Al Najaf Al Ashraf International Airport”, “Najaf International Airport”, “NJF”, “ORNI”, and “مطار النجف الأشرف الدولي”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Najaf.

Photo: Wessm, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the capital city of the eponymous in central , about 160 km south of . Its estimated population in 2024 was about 1.41 million people.

Al Najaf International Airport

Latitude
31.98927° or 31° 59′ 21″ north
Longitude
44.40491° or 44° 24′ 18″ east
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
IATA airport code
NJF
ICAO airport code
ORNI
Open location code
8H36XCQ3+PX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 707043682
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
7910618
Wiki­data ID
Q3499545
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Al Najaf International Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار النجف الدولي”
  • Arabic: “مطار النجف”
  • Cebuano: “Al Najaf”
  • Central Kurdish: “فڕۆکەخانەی نەجەف”
  • Central Kurdish: “فڕۆکەخانەی نێونەتەوەییی نەجەف”
  • Chinese: “納傑夫”
  • Chinese: “納傑夫国际机场”
  • Chinese: “納傑夫國際機場”
  • Chinese: “納杰夫國際機場”
  • Chinese: “納賈夫”
  • Chinese: “纳杰夫国际机场”
  • Chinese: “纳贾夫”
  • French: “Aéroport international de Nadjaf”
  • French: “aéroport international de Najaf”
  • Hungarian: “Nedzsef nemzetközi repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “NJF”
  • Indonesian: “ORNI”
  • Japanese: “アル・ナジャフ国際空港”
  • Japanese: “アル・ナジャフ空港”
  • Japanese: “アン＝ナジャフ国際空港”
  • Japanese: “ナジャフ国際空港”
  • Japanese: “ナジャフ空港”
  • Korean: “알 나자프 국제공항”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی نجف”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Nadżaf”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Al Najaf”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Al Najaf”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Nayaf”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Nayaf”
  • Spanish: “NJF”
  • Spanish: “ORNI”
  • Swedish: “Al Najaf flygplats”
  • Swedish: “Al Najaf”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Байн‌алмиллалии Наҷаф”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи бин‌алмилалӣ наҷаф”
  • Turkish: “Necef Havalimanı”
  • Urdu: “نجف بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا”
  • Uzbek: “Al Najaf xalqaro aeroporti”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Al Najaf”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Imam Ali”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Al Najaf”

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