{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Balad Southeast Airport / Joint Base Balad","iataCode":null,"icaoCode":null,"city":"Al Bakr","country":"IQ","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":33.940201,"longitude":44.361599},"elevationMeters":49,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"Despite appearing in airport databases, Balad — Joint Base Balad, originally Al-Bakr Air Base — is not an option for commercial air freight: it is an Iraqi Air Force installation roughly 80 km north of Baghdad with no public cargo handling and no customs facility open to trade. Built in 1983, it was run by US forces as Camp Anaconda and then Joint Base Balad from 2003 until the handover to Iraq on 8 November 2011, and it now hosts the Iraqi Air Force's 9th Fighter Squadron flying F-16s. Access i","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/balad-southeast-airport-joint-base-balad-airport-503","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/balad-southeast-airport-joint-base-balad-airport-503","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Balad Southeast Airport / Joint Base Balad · Al Bakr, IQ · 49 m"}