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OurAirports members at KIK
Kirkuk Air Base is not the home base for any OurAirports members. It has had no visits from members.
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also has KQTX code
🔗 Mon, 14 Mar 2011
— @thesis at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq Reply
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_by_ICAO_code:_K#KQ
re: also has KQTX code
🔗 Tue, 15 Mar 2011
— @ptomblin at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq Reply
Reply to @thesis: Look what it says on the "KQ" header: "(METAR weather station sites operated by the U.S. Department of Defense)"
In other words, "KQTX" isn't the airport, it's the weather station.
re: also has KQTX code
🔗 Sun, 31 Jul 2011
— Anonymous Flyer at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq Reply
Reply to @ptomblin: This is correct. "KQ" ICAOs are reserved for DoD use. You'll see KQs for the US weather stations in Iraq, Afghanistan, anywhere the US is stationed overseas. "EQ" is the NATO equivalent. In the case of KQTX, that's the weather station at Kirkuk. ORKK is the airport ICAO. Observations from ORKK are from the Iraqis whereas observations from KQTX are from the Americans.