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General Info.

Airport Name Kuwait Intl. Airport
AIRPORT Country Kuwait

Code KWI
INFORMATION ICAO OKBK

Operator DG of Civil Aviation

Serves Kuwait City
Ground Handling NAS & Kuwait Airways

Elevation Co-ordinates Runway Airport Type
Direction Length (ft) Length (m) Surface
206 ft / 29°13’36”N 047°58’48”E 15R / 33L 11,155 ft 3,400 m Concrete Public / Military
63m 29.22667°N 47.98000°E 15L / 33R 11,483 ft 3,500 m Asphalt

KUWAIT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT is located in MAJOR PASSENGER CARRIER(S)
Farwaniya, 15.5 Km (9.6 miles) South of Kuwait City, KUWAIT AIRWAYS IRAQI AIRWAYS
spread over an area of 37.7 square kilometres (14.6 JAZEERA AIRWAYS JAZEERA AIRWAYS
sq. miles) it serves as the primary hub for Kuwait AIR ARABIA JORDAN AVIATION
Airways and Jazeera Airways. A portion of the airport AIR INDIA KLM
complex is designated as Abdullah Al- Mubarak Air ATLAS GLOBAL LUFTHANSA
Base, which contains the headquarters of the Kuwait BRITISH AIRWAYS MAHAN AIR
Air Force. EGYPT AIR OMAN AIR
The airport was first launched in the period of 1927– EMIRATES PAKISTAN INTL. AIRLINES
1928. It was originally envisioned as a stop for British
ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES PEGASUS AIRLINES
planes on their way to British-India. The current main
ETIHAD AIRWAYS QATAR AIRWAYS
airport structure, designed by Kenzo Tange and opened
FLY DUBAI ROYAL JORANIAN
in 1979, was executed and completed by Al Hani
FLYNAS SALAM AIR
Construction in a joint venture with Ballast Nedam of
GULF AIR SAUDIA
The Netherlands.
On May 9, 2017, the Foster + Partners-designed INDIGO SRILANKAN AIRLINES
Terminal 2 formally broke ground and heavy IRAN AIR TURKISH AIRLINES
construction work began on site. The terminal is being
built by Turkey’s Limak Holding and was originally
scheduled for completion in 6.5 years, although the MAJOR CARGO CARRIER(S)
contractors and Kuwaiti government have made claims CARGOLUX LUFTHANSA CARGO
to deliver the project within four years. DHL AVIATION TURKISH AIRLINES
On May 22, 2018, Jazeera Airways launched its own ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES QATAR WIRWAYS
dedicated terminal at Kuwait International Airport,
to be called Terminal 5. All departing and arriving
Jazeera flights handled exclusively at Terminal 5
Details for Info. subject to change with/without Notice

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