Kuwait International Airport
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Kuwait International Airport

Airport information
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Airport typeMilitary/Public
OperatorDirectorate General of Civil Aviation
ServesKuwait City, Kuwait
LocationAl Farwaniyah Governorate, Kuwait
Hub
Elevation63 m (206 ft)

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Kuwait International Airport 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.

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President Ben Ali holds second talk with Emir of Kuwait - Tunisia Online News Tweet this news
Tunisia Online News--At the end of the talk, President Ben Ali escorted his guest, from the residence of his stay to the Tunis-Carthage -International Airport-.--- - Date : Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:03:58 GMT+00:00
Bangladeshi caught entering Kuwait on forged passport - Arab Times Tweet this news
Arab Times--KUWAIT CITY, Oct 5: Immigration officers at the -Kuwait International Airport- recently foiled an attempt by a Bangladeshi man to enter the country on a ... - Date : Wed, 06 Oct 2010 05:59:56 GMT+00:00
37 distressed OFWs repatriated by OWWA - Inquirer.net Tweet this news
Inquirer.net---...- from -Kuwait-, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. The Filipino workers arrived in three batches at the Ninoy Aquino -International Airport- Terminal 1, ... - Date : Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:13:29 GMT+00:00
Rugby Academy Kuwait set for kick-off on Friday - Arab Times Tweet this news
Arab Times--The trial session will take place on Friday 9th October between 10.30 am � 12.00 noon at the grass pitch, -Kuwait- City -International Airport-.--- - Date : Wed, 06 Oct 2010 05:12:12 GMT+00:00
Flight operations disrupted - The Hindu Tweet this news
The Hindu--International flight operations at the Cochin -international airport- here on Monday were thrown into complete disarray due to bad weather conditions, ... - Date : Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:55:02 GMT+00:00
4 deported Asians bid to enter Kuwait on forged docus foiled - Arab Times Tweet this news
Arab Times--KUWAIT CITY, Sept 16: Immigration officers at the -Kuwait International Airport- have foiled attempts by four Bangladeshis to enter the country on forged ... - Date : Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:15:44 GMT+00:00
Thrifty Car Rental upgrades in Kuwait - Comparecarhire.co.uk Tweet this news
Comparecarhire.co.uk---...- Thrifty presently operates out of three separate locations within the state including within the downtown area, at the -Kuwait International Airport- and ... - Date : Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:12:14 GMT+00:00
Computer glitch delays passengers at airport - Arab Times Tweet this news
Arab Times--A large number of passengers were stuck in the arrival and departure areas at -Kuwait International Airport- Wednesday when the computer units malfunctioned ... - Date : Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:15:45 GMT+00:00
1850 DGCA employees 'ready' for strike action - Arab Times Tweet this news
Arab Times--KUWAIT CITY, Sept 14: A total of 1850 employees in the Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA) at -Kuwait International Airport- have expressed their ... - Date : Wed, 15 Sep 2010 04:57:00 GMT+00:00
Breaking News: Bermuda hosting top-level Kuwaiti delegation - Royal Gazette Tweet this news
Royal Gazette---...- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs; along with a delegation of 20, landed at the LF Wade -International Airport- this morning. ... - Date : Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:20:08 GMT+00:00

Airlines Destinations
3rdcoltitle=Terminal
Air ArabiaSharjah
Air Arabia EgyptAlexandria-Borg El Arab
Air France CargoHong Kong, Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Air-India ExpressKochi, Kozhikode, Mangalore
Al-Naser AirlinesBaghdad, Basra, Najaf
AlMasria Universal AirlinesAlexandria-El Nouzha, Assiut
Ariana Afghan AirlinesKabul
Bahrain AirBahrain
Biman Bangladesh AirlinesDhaka
British AirwaysLondon-Heathrow
Bulgaria AirVarna [seasonal]
CargoluxLuxembourg
Cham Wings AirlinesDamascus
DHL AviationBaghdad, Bahrain
EgyptAirAlexandria-El Nouzha, Assiut, Cairo, Luxor
Emirates (airline)Emirates
Ethiopian AirlinesAddis Ababa, Bahrain
Etihad AirwaysAbu Dhabi
Falcon Express Cargo AirlinesBahrain, Dubai
FlydubaiDubai
Gryphon AirlinesBaghdad, Kandahar, Najaf
Gulf AirBahrain
Indian AirlinesAhmedabad, Chennai, Goa, Hyderabad, Mumbai
Iran AirAhwaz, Isfahan, Lar, Mashhad, Shahre Kord, Shiraz
Iran Asseman AirlinesAhwaz, Lamerd, Mashhad
Jazeera AirwaysAbu 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
Jet AirwaysMumbai
KLMAmsterdam, Bahrain
Kuwait AirwaysAbu 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
LufthansaFrankfurt
Lufthansa CargoFrankfurt
Mahan AirMashhad
Malaysia AirlinesKuala Lumpur [seasonal]
Middle East AirlinesBeirut
Mihin LankaColombo, Dubai
Nas AirJeddah, Madinah, Riyadh
Oman AirMuscat
Pakistan International AirlinesIslamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Sialkot
Qatar AirwaysDoha
Royal JordanianAmman-Queen Alia
Safi AirwaysKabul
Saudi Arabian AirlinesJeddah, Madinah, Riyadh
Shaheen Air InternationalLahore
Singapore AirlinesAbu Dhabi, Singapore
Spirit of Manila AirlinesBahrain, Clark
SriLankan AirlinesColombo, Dubai
Syrian AirDamascus
Tunis AirTunis
Turkish AirlinesIstanbul-Atatürk
Ukraine International AirlinesKiev-Boryspil [seasonal]
United AirlinesBahrain, Washington-Dulles
Wataniya AirwaysAlexandria-Borg El Arab, Amman, Bahrain, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Dubai, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Jeddah, Sharm el-Sheikh, Vienna
YemeniaSana'a

Airport Runways
DirectionLength ft(m)Surface
15R/33L11,155 (3,400)Concrete
15L/33R11,483 (3,500)Asphalt

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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