Qayyarah Airfield West

Qayyarah Airfield West
Qayyarah, Ninawa
Qayyarah Airfield West
Coordinates	35°45′57″N 043°07′18″E / 35.76583°N 43.12167°E / 35.76583; 43.12167 (Qayyarah AFld W)
Site information
Owner	Iraqi Armed Forces
Operator	Iraqi Air Force Iraqi Army (July 9, 2016–present) United States Army (May 3, 2003–2011) (2016–March 26, 2020) United States Air Force (2016–March 26, 2020)
Site history
Built	1970 (1970)
In use	1970s–present
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: RQW, ICAO: ORQW
Elevation	749 feet (228 m) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 15/33 3,500 metres (11,483 ft) Asphalt

Qayyarah Airfield West (Arabic: قاعدة القيارة الجوية) is an Iraqi Air Force base in the Qayyarah subdistrict of Mosul District in northern Iraq. It was captured by U.S. Army during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. It was also known as Q–West or Key West by the various U.S. Army Forces^[1] and civilian contractors stationed there. Control of the base was returned to Iraq in March 2020.