Kuwait International Airport OKKK / KWI
Kuwait's sole international airport (ICAO code changed from OKBK to OKKK in 2023), 20 minutes from Kuwait City. The Sheikh Saad Terminal offers a full private-aviation experience with CIQ; landing permits take a few days. Summer heat affects performance.
11,483 ft
Longest runway
20 min
Drive to Kuwait City
2
FBOs / handlers
206 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24
- 24-hour operations
- Yes
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- No
- Slot coordination
- Yes
- Noise curfew
- No
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A-1
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 16 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Any size including widebody VIP.
- Website
- www.kuwaitairport.gov.kw
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Royal Aviation (Sheikh Saad Terminal)
- Kuwait Aviation Services (KASCO)
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 11,483 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8 9,800 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8) 7,500 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ319neo 6,300 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ320neo 6,800 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty 6,200 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Everything in our database can operate here.