Joint Base Balad
Balad Air Base is an Iraqi Air Force base located near Balad in the Sunni Triangle 40 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq. Built in the early 1980s, it was originally named Al-Bakr Air Base.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Aerodrome
- …lies at an elevation of 49 metres (161 feet)
- …has the ICAO airport code ORBD
- …was formerly known as “قاعدة البكر الجوية”
- …is operated by Iraqi Air Force
- Description: airport in Iraq
- Also known as“Al-Bakr Air Base”“Balad Air Base”“Logistics Support Area”“LSA Anaconda”“ORBD”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yathrib.
Joint Base Balad
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Latitude
33.94097° or 33° 56′ 28″ north
Longitude
44.3654° or 44° 21′ 55″ east
Open location code
8H56W9R8+95
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway = aerodrome
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse = military
OpenStreetMap feature
military = airfield
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tajik—“Joint Base Balad” goes by many names.
قاعدة البكر الجويةArabic
قاعدة بلد الجويةArabic
Balad Air BaseCebuano
巴拉德空軍基地Chinese
巴拉德美军空军基地Chinese
巴拉德美軍空軍基地Chinese
巴拉德聯合基地Chinese
Balad Air BaseDutch
ORBDIndonesian
バラード空軍基地Japanese
バラッド空軍基地Japanese
バラッド統合基地Japanese
پایگاه شکاری بلدPersian
Port lotniczy Al-BakrPolish
Balad Air BaseSwedish
Пойгоҳи шикор баладTajik
Localities in the Area
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