Karbala Northeast Airport
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Karbala Northeast Airport is a regional airport under development in the Karbala Governorate of Iraq
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It is a former Iraqi Air Force
auxiliary airfield, consisting of a 10,000 foot runway and a small aircraft parking ramp. It was apparently abandoned after the 1991 Gulf War and was seized by Coalition ground forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003.
Aireal imagery shows the runway has been resurfaced, however it has not yet been registered in the IATA or has any light aircraft on its parking ramp.
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
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It is a former Iraqi Air Force
Iraqi Air Force
The Iraqi Air Force or IQAF is the military branch in Iraq responsible for the policing of international borders, surveillance of national assets and aerial operations...
auxiliary airfield, consisting of a 10,000 foot runway and a small aircraft parking ramp. It was apparently abandoned after the 1991 Gulf War and was seized by Coalition ground forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003.
Aireal imagery shows the runway has been resurfaced, however it has not yet been registered in the IATA or has any light aircraft on its parking ramp.