Need help booking?
Unpublished phone-only deals available
FCS to RQW: distance & flight time
Fort Carson (Butts AAF (Fort Carson) Air Field) → Qayyarah (Qayyarah West Airport)
6,900 mi
11,104 km · 5,996 nm
14h
estimated nonstop flight time
—
time difference · heading northeast
See live FCS→RQW fares Phone-only fares on this route — call free
Flight time details
6,900 miles nonstop takes roughly 14h gate to gate, flying northeast. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Both airports share the same local time, so schedules read exactly as flown.
The two airports
- FCS — Butts AAF (Fort Carson) Air Field · Fort Carson, United States
- RQW — Qayyarah West Airport · Qayyarah, Iraq
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
Alternate airports can cut this fare
Flying from or into a nearby airport is the #1 trick our agents use to beat online prices. Call and we'll compare every combination on one call.
Near FCS
- COS · City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport9 mi away
- PUB · Pueblo Memorial Airport30 mi away
- DEN · Denver International Airport82 mi away
- APA · Centennial Airport62 mi away
Near RQW
- OSM · Mosul International Airport37 mi away
- EBL · Erbil International Airport57 mi away
- KIK · Kirkuk Air Base72 mi away
- ISU · Sulaymaniyah International Airport124 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is FCS from RQW?
The flight distance from Fort Carson (FCS) to Qayyarah (RQW) is 6,900 miles (11,104 km, 5,996 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from FCS to RQW?
A nonstop flight takes about 14h gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
What is the cheapest way to fly from FCS to RQW?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on FCS–RQW that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.