Kirkuk Airport is located southwest of the city and was registered internationally in the year 1957. It was receiving planes coming from Britain at the time, as well as being used for domestic flights, as the total area of the airport is 6.4 square kilometers and it has a concrete runway with a length of 3 km and the passenger hall area is 5000 square meters. Capacity (500,000) passengers per year

The scale of the development of cities depends on several factors, the most important of which is the development of the aviation market in them. Modern cities are characterized by the presence of airports that provide services to multiple airlines in order to keep pace with the growth in the field of air transport from the increase in the movement of people and their movements for the purpose of work, tourism, or investment, and the airport can also be considered the first interface is The city and its window that overlooks the state and the world.

There are many economic effects of the newly established airports, including direct effects of creating job opportunities and various jobs as a result of operating the airport, and indirect effects in establishing investment and commercial activities that work on the development and development of the city on which the airport is located and the surrounding and nearby cities. It is important to enjoy the presence of infrastructure and quality standards. Which can be converted into an international airport and this applies to Kirkuk International Airport…