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Kuwait International Airport
مطار الكويت الدولي |
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| IATA: KWI – ICAO: OKBK |
| Summary |
| Airport type |
Military/Public |
| Operator |
Directorate General of Civil Aviation |
| Serves |
Kuwait City, Kuwait |
| Location |
Al Farwaniyah Governorate, Kuwait |
| Hub for |
- Kuwait Airways
- Jazeera Airways
- Wataniya Airways
- LoadAir
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| Elevation AMSL |
206 ft / 63 m |
| Coordinates |
29°13′35″N 47°58′08″E / 29.22639°N 47.96889°E / 29.22639; 47.96889 |
| Website |
www.kuwait-airport.com.kw |
| Runways |
| Direction |
Length |
Surface |
| ft |
m |
| 15R/33L |
11,155 |
3,400 |
Concrete |
| 15L/33R |
11,483 |
3,500 |
Asphalt |
Kuwait International Airport (IATA: KWI, ICAO: OKBK) is located in Farwaniyah, Kuwait, 15.5 kilometers (9.6 miles) south of Kuwait City. It is the hub of Jazeera Airways, Kuwait Airways, United Aviation, and Wataniya Airways. A portion of the airport complex is designated as Al Mubarak Air Base, which contains the headquarters of the Kuwait Air Force, as well as the Kuwait Air Force Museum. Structure
The airport underwent a massive renovation and expansion project from 1999-2001, in which the former parking lot was cleared and a terminal expansion was built. This incorporated new check-in areas, a new entrance to the airport, the construction of a multi-story parking structure, and an airport mall.
Kuwait International Airport can currently handle more than seven million passengers a year. A new general aviation terminal was completed in 2008 under a BOT scheme and is operated by Royal Aviation. By the end of 2008, however, this terminal was modified to handle the scheduled services of the new Wataniya Airways along with general aviation traffic. The terminal was renamed as Sheikh Saad Terminal. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has announced that a new terminal will begin construction, and will increase the annual passenger handling amount to twenty million. Terminal 2, essentially an extension of Terminal 1, is due for completion by 2014. The current airport is currently given a rating of three stars by Skytrax's airport grading exercise along with seven other airports.
Airlines and destinations
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The interior of the airside lounge |
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Qatar Airways A320 at the airport |
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Jazeera Airways A320 parked at the ramp |
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The traditional roof of the car park at the airport |
| Airlines |
Destinations |
Terminal |
| Air Arabia |
Sharjah |
1 |
| Air Arabia Egypt |
Alexandria-Borg El Arab |
1 |
| Air France Cargo |
Hong Kong, Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
Cargo |
| Air-India Express |
Kochi, Kozhikode, Mangalore |
1 |
| Al-Naser Airlines |
Baghdad, Basra, Najaf |
1 |
| AlMasria Universal Airlines |
Alexandria-El Nouzha, Assiut |
1 |
| Ariana Afghan Airlines |
Kabul |
1 |
| Bahrain Air |
Bahrain |
1 |
| Biman Bangladesh Airlines |
Dhaka |
1 |
| British Airways |
London-Heathrow |
1 |
| Bulgaria Air |
Varna [seasonal] |
1 |
| Cargolux |
Luxembourg |
Cargo |
| Cham Wings Airlines |
Damascus |
1 |
| DHL Aviation |
Baghdad, Bahrain |
Cargo |
| EgyptAir |
Alexandria-El Nouzha, Assiut, Cairo, Luxor |
1 |
| Emirates |
Dubai |
1 |
| Ethiopian Airlines |
Addis Ababa, Bahrain |
1 |
| Etihad Airways |
Abu Dhabi |
1 |
| Falcon Express Cargo Airlines |
Bahrain, Dubai |
Cargo |
| Flydubai |
Dubai |
1 |
| Gryphon Airlines |
Baghdad, Kandahar, Najaf |
1 |
| Gulf Air |
Bahrain |
1 |
| Indian Airlines |
Ahmedabad, Chennai, Goa, Hyderabad, Mumbai |
1 |
| Iran Air |
Ahwaz, Isfahan, Lar, Mashhad, Shahre Kord, Shiraz |
1 |
| Iran Asseman Airlines |
Ahwaz, Lamerd, Mashhad |
1 |
| Jazeera Airways |
Abu Dhabi, Aleppo, Alexandria-Borg el Arab, Amman, Assiut, Bahrain, Beirut, Damascus, Deir ez-Zor, Doha, Dubai, Isfahan, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Jeddah, Lahore [ends 2 October], Luxor, Mashhad, Riyadh, Sana'a, Sharm el-Sheikh, Shiraz |
1 |
| Jet Airways |
Mumbai |
1 |
| KLM |
Amsterdam, Bahrain |
1 |
| Kuwait Airways |
Abu Dhabi, Alexandria-El Nouzha, Amman, Bahrain, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beirut, Cairo, Casablanca [seasonal], Chennai, Chittagong, Colombo, Damascus, Dammam, Delhi, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Geneva, Islamabad, Jakarta-Soekarno Hatta, Jeddah, Karachi, Kochi, Kuala Lumpur, Lahore, London-Heathrow, Luxor, Malaga [seasonal], Manila, Mumbai, Muscat, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Riyadh, Rome-Fiumicino, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Thiruvananthapuram |
1 |
| Lufthansa |
Frankfurt |
1 |
| Lufthansa Cargo |
Frankfurt |
Cargo |
| Mahan Air |
Mashhad |
1 |
| Malaysia Airlines |
Kuala Lumpur [seasonal] |
1 |
| Middle East Airlines |
Beirut |
1 |
| Mihin Lanka |
Colombo, Dubai |
1 |
| Nas Air |
Jeddah, Madinah, Riyadh |
1 |
| Oman Air |
Muscat |
1 |
| Pakistan International Airlines |
Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Sialkot |
1 |
| Qatar Airways |
Doha |
1 |
| Royal Jordanian |
Amman-Queen Alia |
1 |
| Safi Airways |
Kabul |
1 |
| Saudi Arabian Airlines |
Jeddah, Madinah, Riyadh |
1 |
| Shaheen Air International |
Lahore |
1 |
| Singapore Airlines |
Abu Dhabi, Singapore |
1 |
| Spirit of Manila Airlines |
Bahrain, Clark |
1 |
| SriLankan Airlines |
Colombo, Dubai |
1 |
| Syrian Air |
Damascus |
1 |
| Tunis Air |
Tunis |
1 |
| Turkish Airlines |
Istanbul-Atatürk |
1 |
| Ukraine International Airlines |
Kiev-Boryspil [seasonal] |
1 |
| United Airlines |
Bahrain, Washington-Dulles |
1 |
| Wataniya Airways |
Alexandria-Borg El Arab, Amman, Bahrain, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Dubai, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Jeddah, Sharm el-Sheikh, Vienna |
Sheikh Saad |
| Yemenia |
Sana'a |
1 |
Airport Statistics
2004-August 2010
| Year |
Commercial Aircraft |
Non-Commercial Aircraft |
Passengers |
Freight (in metric tonnes) |
| 2004 |
40,573 |
26,356 |
5,048,781 |
164,971 |
| 2005 |
42,564 |
21,835 |
5,381,258 |
160,667 |
| 2006 |
50,213 |
21,508 |
6,053,094 |
166,292 |
| 2007 |
56,987 |
26,574 |
6,910,309 |
176,203 |
| 2008 |
78,596 |
26,408 |
7,226,345 |
180,090 |
| 2009 |
82,324 |
19,754 |
10,125,617 |
197,214 |
| Jan-Aug |
74,932 |
20,495 |
13,843,495 |
169,339 |
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| General Info
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| Country |
Kuwait
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| ICAO ID |
OKBK
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| Time |
UTC+3
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| Latitude |
29.226567
29° 13' 35.64" N
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| Longitude |
47.968928
047° 58' 08.14" E
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| Elevation |
206 feet
63 meters
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| Type |
Joint (Civil and Military)
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| Magnetic Variation |
003° E (01/06)
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| Beacon |
Yes
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| Operating Agency |
MILITARY - CIVIL JOINT USE AIRPORT
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| Operating Hours |
24 HOUR OPERATIONS
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| International Clearance Status |
Airport of Entry
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| Communications
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| TWR |
118.3
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| GND |
121.7
121.9
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| ATIS |
126.225
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| APP |
121.3
124.8
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| Runways
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| ID |
Dimensions |
Surface |
PCN |
ILS
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| 15R/33L |
11155 x 148 feet
3400 x 45 meters |
CONCRETE. |
070RBWT |
YES
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| 15L/33R |
11483 x 148 feet
3500 x 45 meters |
ASPHALT |
063FAWT |
YES
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| Navaids
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| Type |
ID |
Name |
Channel |
Freq |
Distance From Field |
Bearing From Navaid
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| VOR-DME |
KUA |
KUWAIT |
102X |
115.5 |
At Field |
-
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| Supplies/Equipment
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| Fuel |
Jet A1, without icing nhibitor.
100/130 MIL Spec, low lead, aviation gasoline (BLUE)
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| Other Fluids |
LHOX, Low and high pressure oxygen servicing
OXRB, Oxygen replacement bottles
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| Remarks
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| FLUID |
LHOXRB
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| FUEL |
A1 (Aero Control Ltd. Kuwait Aviation C965-433-0507)(NC-100LL-prior arng rqr).
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| NS ABTMT |
Non-noise certificated subsonic airplane (NNC) OPS rstd dly btn 1830-0530Z.
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| TFC PAT |
Rwy 15R and 33R rgt hand tfc. Rwy 15L and 33L left hand tfc.
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