AirportsBasra International Airport is a large airport serving Basra, in Basra Governorate, Iraq. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BSR.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BSR
- ICAO code
- ORMM
- City
- Basra
- State or region
- Basra Governorate
- Country
- Iraq
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 30.5491° N, 47.6621° E
- Elevation
- 3 m (11 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 4,000 m (13,124 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BSR means Basra International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ORMM. ICAO codes that begin with O belong to the Middle East, Pakistan and Afghanistan. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 30.5491° N, 47.6621° E. It stands 3 metres (11 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Baghdad, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Basra International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 4,000 metres (13,124 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 6 airports of Iraq on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 3.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 4,000 m 13,124 ft | 45 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Abadan Ayatollah Jami International AirportAbadan, Iran | ABD | 58 km |
| Qasem Soleimani International AirportAhvaz, Iran | AWZ | 137 km |
| Mahshahr AirportMahshahr, Iran | MRX | 143 km |
| Kuwait International AirportKuwait City, Kuwait | KWI | 150 km |
| Dezful AirportDezful, Iran | DEF | 221 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,848 km | 3 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 2,836 km | 3 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 959 km | 1 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 4,549 km | 6 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 10,070 km | 12 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,696 km | 15 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,750 km | 8 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,269 km | 10 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,987 km | 16 h 10 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.