Sulaymaniyah International Airport
Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Jalal Talabani International Airport, formerly Sulaymaniyah International Airport (IATA: ISU, ICAO: ORSJ) is 14 kilometers west of the city of Sulaymaniyah in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. The airport encompasses an approximate area of 13.5 square kilometers. The combined capacity of the airport terminals is currently 1.5 million passengers per year and can be expanded to accommodate up to 3 million passengers annually. Despite this capacity, passenger traffic in this airport is very low, peaking at only 574,645 passengers in 2015. The airport was originally opened in 2005 under the name Sulaymaniyah International Airport. In 2025, it was proposed for the airport to have the name changed to Jalal Talabani International Airport, and this change took effect on 19 March 2026, following approval by the Iraqi Council of Ministers and the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA).
Airport data from the OpenFlights open database.