Sulaimaniyah International Airport

Sulaymaniyah International Airport (IATA: ISU, ICAO: ORSU) is 14 kilometers west of the city of Sulaymaniyah in Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

The airport encompasses an approximate area of 13.5 square kilometers.

[4] Following the removal of Saddam Hussein, the construction of the airport began in November 2003, and it was inaugurated by former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani in July 2005. International flights were shut down from 29 September 2017 following a decision taken by the Iraq Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA), but the airport remained open for domestic and humanitarian flights.

Sulaymaniyah International Airport has three terminals; for departures, arrivals and VIPs.

Pradhaan Air Express | Tbilisi, Ras Al Khaimah Georgian Airlines | Dubai-World Central, Baku As of 2022, Sulaymaniyah International Airport is the fifth-busiest airport in Iraq by total passenger traffic, behind the airports in Baghdad, Najaf, Erbil and Basra.