Airport comments for the Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq

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🔗 Fri, 30 Jan 2026
@I_Am_So_Handsome at Kirkuk International Airport, Iraq

Officially opened for commercial use in 2022.

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re: also has KQTX code

🔗 Sun, 31 Jul 2011
Anonymous Flyer at Kirkuk International Airport, Iraq

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.

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re: also has KQTX code

🔗 Tue, 15 Mar 2011
@ptomblin at Kirkuk International Airport, Iraq

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.