Camp Buehring

Camp Buehring
Udairi Landing Zone
Kuwait
Sign at Camp Buehring's main entrance (May 2006)
Camp Buehring is located in Kuwait
Camp Buehring
Camp Buehring
Shown within Kuwait
Coordinates29°41′52″N 47°25′35″E / 29.69778°N 47.42639°E / 29.69778; 47.42639
TypeStaging post
Site information
OwnerU.S. Department of Defense
Operator United States Army (airfield)
Site history
Built2002 (2002)
In useJanuary 2003 – present
Airfield information
IdentifiersICAO: OKDI
Elevation424 feet (129 m) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
18/36 4,266 feet (1,300 m) Asphalt
Sources: DoD FLIP[1]

Camp Buehring (formerly Camp Udairi) is a staging post for US troops in the northwestern region of Kuwait. From its founding in January 2003 to the present date, the base was used for military troops heading north into Iraq and is the primary location for the Middle Eastern Theater Reserve. The areas surrounding Camp Buehring, known as the Udairi Range Complex, is largely uninhabited, except for a few nomadic Bedouin tribes raising camels, goats, and sheep. Camp New York is nearby, in the same Udairi Range Complex.

Camp Buehring is named after Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Buehring who was killed in Baghdad on October 26, 2003. Buehring was among the highest-ranking U.S. casualties of the Iraq War. Camp Udairi was renamed in his honor in 2004.

  1. ^ DoD Flight Information Publication (Enroute) - Supplement Europe, North Africa and Middle East. St. Louis, Missouri: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2021.