Karbala Northeast (Imam Hussein) Airport

Karbala Northeast Airport is an airport project located in Karbala, Iraq which is 110km south west of Baghdad. 

Nov-2024.Iraq's Ministry of Transport spokesperson Maytham Al-Saifi confirmed Karbala Northeast (Imam Hussein) Airport will open in 2025.

Aug-2024. Karbala Northeast (Imam Hussein) Airport construction is reportedly 78% complete, with the primary runway and taxiways approaching full completion. The airport is designed to handle up to 20 million passengers p/a.

May-2024. Karbala's city officials reported Karbala Northeast (Imam Hussein) Airport is expected to be inaugurated in early 2025. Karbala Governor Nassif Jassem Al-Khattabi stated construction of the airport is 75% complete, noting the runway has been constructed with arrival and departure halls to follow. 

Jul-2019. Karbala Northeast (Imam Hussein) Airport resumed work the construction of an air traffic control tower.

Jul-2017. Copperchase Iraq commenced construction on the first of four phases of Karbala International Airport, with the new airport projected to "open up Iraq", according to GM Miles Roberts. The first phase is scheduled to become operational in early 2018, with the airport anticipated to cater particularly to religious tourism traffic. The airport will feature two runways, taxiways and aprons as well as three terminal buildings and a 62m ATC tower. Once the first phase is complete, the airport will be capable of handling up to two million passengers p/a and four million passengers p/a by 2018.

Feb-2017. Karbala International Airport announced it will receive its first service in 2018.

Jan-2017. 

26-Jan-2017. Copperchase confirmed it was appointed to develop the first phase of the Karbala Airport project. The company will construct the airport's runway, terminal and control tower at a cost of USD250 million to USD500 million. The first phase will have capacity for two to 2.5 million passengers...