Kuwait International Airport
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| Kuwait International Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: KWI – ICAO: OKBK | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military/Public | ||
| Operator | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | ||
| Location | Kuwait City | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 206 ft / 63 m | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| 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 Farwaniya, Kuwait, 16 kilometers (approximately 10 miles) south of Kuwait City. It is the hub of Kuwait 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.
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 with brand stores such as Jansport, Debenham's, and a Virgin Megastore. A food court forms an integral part of this expansion, with a Pizza Express and Starbucks Coffee as well as fast-food outlets such as Fuddrucker's and KFC.
Kuwait International Airport can currently handle six million passengers a year. Recently, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has announced that a new terminal will begin construction, and will increase the annual passenger handling amount to fourteen million. Terminal II is due for completion by the end of 2010. It is currently given a rating of three stars by Skytrax's airport grading exercise along with seven other airports.[1]
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Air Arabia (Sharjah)
- Air China (Beijing, Karachi) [service ends 31 October 2008]
- Air India (Mumbai)
- Air India Express (Calicut, Cochin, Mangalore, Sharjah, Chennai)
- Indian Airlines (Ahmedabad, Calicut, Chennai, Goa, Hyderabad, Mumbai)
- Air Slovakia (Bratislava) [seasonal]
- Ariana Afghan Airlines (Kabul, Doha)
- Biman Bangladesh Airlines (Dhaka)
- British Airways (London-Heathrow)
- Bulgaria Air (Sofia) [seasonal]
- Delta Air Lines (Atlanta [begins November 8])
- EgyptAir (Alexandria, Assiut, Cairo, Luxor, Marsa Alam)
- Emirates (Dubai)
- Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa, Bahrain)
- Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi)
- Gulf Air (Bahrain)
- Iran Air (Mashad, Shiraz, Shahre Kord, Tehran-Imam Khoemeini, Kish, Larestan)
- Iran Asseman Airlines (Lamerd, Shiraz)
- Jazeera Airways (Alexandria, Amman, Assiut, Bahrain, Beirut, Damascus, Delhi, Dubai, Istanbul, Jeddah, Kochi, Larnaca, Luxor, Male, Mashad, Mumbai, Muscat, Riyadh, Salalah, Shiraz, Tehran)
- Jet Airways (Cochin, Delhi)
- Korean Air [begins october 27]
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam, Muscat)
- Kuwait Airways (Abu Dhabi, Ahmedabad, Alexandria, Amman, Assiut, Bahrain, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beirut, Cairo, Cochin, Chennai, Colombo, Casablanca, Damascus, Dammam, Delhi, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Jakarta, Jeddah, Kuala Lumpur, Lahore, London-Heathrow, Luxor, Manila, Mumbai, Malaga, Muscat, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Peshawar, Riyadh, Rome Fiumicino, Sharm El Sheikh, Surabaya, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Trivandrum)
- Lufthansa (Frankfurt)
- Middle East Airlines (Beirut)
- Olympic Airlines (Athens, Dubai)
- Oman Air (Dubai, Muscat, salalah)
- Pakistan International Airlines (Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Sialkot)
- Qatar Airways (Doha)
- Royal Jordanian (Amman)
- Saudi Arabian Airlines (Jeddah, Riyadh, Madeenah)
- Shaheen Air International (Lahor, Bandar Abbas)
- SriLankan Airlines (Colombo, Dubai)
- Syrian Arab Airlines (Aleppo, Damascus)
- Thai Airways International (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Dubai)
- Tunis Air (Bahrain, Tunis)
- Turkish Airlines (Istanbul-Atatürk)
- United Airlines (Washington-Dulles)
- Wataniya Airways [begins January 1]
- Yemenia (Doha,Sanaa)
[edit] Cargo airlines
- Air France Cargo
- Cargolux
- DHL
- Falcon Express
- Lufthansa Cargo
- Martinair
- Singapore Airlines Cargo
- South Air
[edit] New airlines and routes
- Air Deccan (Hyderabad) (starts later half of 2008)
- Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) (starts November 8)[2]
- Air Blue (Winter 08)
- Kingfisher (Late 08)
- Jetlite
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Kuwait International Airport (official site) (English)
- Airport information for OKBK at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
