Iraq · elevation 68 ft AMSL
· 32.4820, 45.7571
Ubaydah Bin Al Jarrah Airport (Al Kut) is an airport with the ICAO code ORUB. Country: Iraq. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Al Kut. OurAirports classifies it as a medium-sized airport. Its ICAO code starts with the OR prefix, which marks airports in Iraq. No IATA code is assigned, which is typical for airports without scheduled traffic. The airport reference point sits at 32°28'55"N, 45°45'26"E, at an elevation of 68 ft (21 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is Asia/Baghdad.
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11L | 110° | 3,101 m (10,174 ft) | 45 m (148 ft) | asphalt |
| 29R | 290° | |||
| 11R | 110° | 3,556 m (11,666 ft) | 45 m (148 ft) | asphalt |
| 29L | 290° |
The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.
Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Ubaydah Bin Al Jarrah Airport (Al Kut) has 2 runways: 11L/29R - 3,101 m long (10,174 ft), 45 m wide, asphalt surface; 11R/29L - 3,556 m long (11,666 ft), 45 m wide, asphalt surface.
The longest of them is 11R/29L, at 3,556 m.
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 11L/29R on 110° and 290° magnetic, 11R/29L on 110° and 290° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.
For the 11L/29R axis, wind from the south (around 200°) or from the north (around 20°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 110° or 290° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
Weather reports for Ubaydah Bin Al Jarrah Airport (Al Kut) are published under the ICAO code ORUB. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.
The decoder breaks the ORUB report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.
Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for ORUB, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The Asia/Baghdad zone stays at GMT+03:00 year-round, so converting to local time is always the same shift.
The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are An Numaniyah Air Base (ORAN, 40 km), Ilam Airport (OICI, 137 km), Al Najaf International Airport (ORNI, 138 km). When no report is available for ORUB, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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