NEW AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION IRAQ

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000100270004-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 9, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: July 7, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

Al Hasa
Ash She
A1~ Amadiyah
Al KBfa
Nukhayb An Najaf
Ban. a~1
,/.,.h I Al Musayyib
- Pol-e
~tehab
Al -Aziziyah
At Kumayz
Shakia Dezh
($k'iadezh)
i ?3333
u I Haver ai
eqes % Hamm3~ -
Shuyakhh B81
Jalihah
5*
Az Zubayr
Ramsai
/6 (11-r
Bandar-e
Now
Shahr
8Y
~~Pelmrra
Khorram
Darreh
1. BASHUR MILD NEW
2. SAMARRA AFLD EAST
3. BALAD AFLD SOUTHEAST
4. SAYKH MAZHAR AFLD
5. ASH SHAMIYAH AFLD
6. TUZ KHURMATU AFLD NEW WNW
7. AL BASRAH AFLD NEW
8a KUT AL HAYY AFLD EAST
9.OALAT SIKAR AFLD
10.OALAT SALIH AFLD
O IDENTIFIEDI
? IDENTIFIED SINCE FEBRUARY 1981
Ardakkn
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/09: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100270004-2
Hakk~,,t=romaove- ? ? ? ? ? ? -
He:A ~? _ uerei
~k kIfaAn- _Marbuheh~~ M18neh
Bandar-e Pahlavi
(Bandar-o Anzali)
Mina' owuh
sWild
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/09: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100270004-2
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/09: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100270004-2
- SECRET
NOFORN
(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
Page 1 of 2
Copy
Attachment to Z.-15654/82
NPIC/IEG (7/82)
7 JULY 1982
NEW AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION
IRAQ
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A MAJOR AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
IS UNDERWAY IN IRAQ.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: FIVE NEWLY IDENTIFIED AIRFIELDS WERE
OBSERVED UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN IRAQ ON
TEN NEW AIRFIELDS HAVE IDENTIFIED
UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN IRAQ SINCE FEBRUARY 1981 (FIGURE 1).
(S/D) BASHUR AIRFIELD NEWT 167 NM NORTHEAST
OF MOSUL AT 36-31-37N 044-20-13E AND 0.5 NM EAST OF BASHUR
AIRFIELD WAS OBSERVED IN THE EARLY STAGES OF
CONSTRUCTION THIS AIRFIELD CONSISTS
OF A 2,600-X 67-METER NORTHWEST/SOUTHEAST RUNWAY AND A
PARKING APRON. THE AIRFIELD WAS NOT PRESENT
(S/D) SAMARRA AIRFIELD EAST 76 NM NORTH-
NORTHEAST OF BAGHDAD AT 34-09-OON 044-16-30E WAS OBSERVED IN
THE EARLY STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION ON IMAGERY THE
AIRFIELD CONSISTS OF A 3,000-X 56-METER NORTHWEST/SOUTHEAST
RUNWAY WITH A PARALLEL TAXIWAY AND A PARKING APRON. THIS
AIRFIELD WAS NOT PRESENT
(S/D) BALAD AIRFIELD SOUTHEAST 35 NM NORTH-
NORTHWEST OF BAGHDAD AT 33-56-30N 0 -1 -OOE WAS OBSERVED IN
MID-TO-LATE STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION
(FIGURE 2).. THIS MAJOR AIRFIELD CONSISTS OF TWO 3,400-X 0-
METER NORTHWEST/SOUTHEAST CONCRETE RUNWAYS (ONE IN FINAL
STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION), TWO PARALLEL TAXIWAYS, THREE
CROSSOVER LINKS, 19 HIGH-SPEED APPROACHES, 36 HARDENED
AIRCRAFT SHELTERS (5 COMPLETED), THREE PARKING APRONS, AND
ONE LARGE SUPPORT AREA. THIS AIRFIELD WAS NOT PRESENT
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
(S/D) SHAYKA MAZHAR AIRFIELD , 24 NM SOUTH- 25X1
SOUTHEAST OF BAGHDAD AT 32-56-OON 0 - 0-OOE, WAS OBSERVED IN
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for
and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
WARNING NOTICE
Intelligence Sources
and Methods Involved
SECRET 25X1
NOFORN
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/09: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100270004-2
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/09: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100270004-2
SECRET
NOFORN
(c) NATIONAL PHOTO GRAPHIC TATION CENTER
Page 2 of 2
Copy
Attachment to Z-15654/82
NPIC/IEG (7/82)
7 JULY 1982
THE EARLY STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION ON IMAGERYI I THE
AIRFIELD CONSISTS OF A 4,000-X 60-METER NORTHWEST/SOUTHEAST
RUNWAY WITH A PARALLEL TAXIWAY. PA N APRON. THIS
AIRFIELD WAS NOT PRESENT 25X1
(S/D) ASH SHAMIYAH AIRFIELD 38 NM WEST- 25X1
SOUTHWEST OF AL BASRAH AT 30-21-01N 047-10-22E WAS OBSERVED
IN THE EARLY STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION 25X1
THE AIRFIELD CONSISTS OF A 3,000-X 54-METER
NORTHWEST/SOUTHEAST RUNWAY WITH A PARALLEL TAXIWAY AND A
PARS APRON. THIS AIRFIELD WAS NOT PRESENT 25X1
?(S/D) ADDITIONAL AIRFIELDS OBSERVED UNDER CONSTRUCTION SINCE
25X1
2~A-i
25X1
2oA]
~. AND QALA
INCLUDE; TUZ KHURMATU AIRFIELD NEW WNW
ASRAH AIRFIELD E KUT
QA
T SALIH AIRFIELD
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for
and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
WARNING NOTICE
Intelligence Sources
and Methods Involved
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/09: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100270004-2
SECRET
NOFORN