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Kuwait International Airport (KWI)

A working profile of Kuwait International Airport in Kuwait, Kuwait: identifiers, location, the destinations served by scheduled flights, and the airlines that operate there.

KWIIATA
OKBKICAO
57Destinations on file
42Operating airlines
120Departures on file

Quick facts

  • Full name: Kuwait International Airport
  • Serves: Kuwait, Kuwait
  • Coordinates: 29.2266, 47.9689
  • Elevation: 206 ft
  • Time zone: Asia/Kuwait

Kuwait International Airport sits inside the air network of Kuwait. It shows 120 distinct scheduled departures across 57 destinations and 42 operating carriers in the OpenFlights routes table. Whether it works as a primary hub, a focus city, or a regional feeder depends on the size of those numbers. The bigger they get, the more likely the airport supports connecting traffic on top of its point-to-point passengers.

Destinations from KWI

Destinations are listed in order of how many distinct airline codes serve them. Click any code for the destination's own airport profile, or jump to the dedicated route page.

Airport profile data
IATADestinationCityCountryRouteOperators
DMM King Fahd International Airport Dammam Saudi Arabia KWI→DMM 6
HBE Borg El Arab International Airport Alexandria Egypt KWI→HBE 6
JED King Abdulaziz International Airport Jeddah Saudi Arabia KWI→JED 5
AUH Abu Dhabi International Airport Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates KWI→AUH 4
DXB Dubai International Airport Dubai United Arab Emirates KWI→DXB 4
BAH Bahrain International Airport Bahrain Bahrain KWI→BAH 4
RUH King Khaled International Airport Riyadh Saudi Arabia KWI→RUH 4
SAW Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Istanbul Turkey KWI→SAW 4
LHR London Heathrow Airport London United Kingdom KWI→LHR 3
AMS Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Amsterdam Netherlands KWI→AMS 3
MHD Mashhad International Airport Mashhad Iran KWI→MHD 3
ADD Addis Ababa Bole International Airport Addis Ababa Ethiopia KWI→ADD 3
DOH Hamad International Airport Doha Qatar KWI→DOH 3
AMM Queen Alia International Airport Amman Jordan KWI→AMM 3
BEY Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport Beirut Lebanon KWI→BEY 3
CAI Cairo International Airport Cairo Egypt KWI→CAI 3
HMB Sohag International Airport Sohag Egypt KWI→HMB 3
CMB Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport Colombo Sri Lanka KWI→CMB 3
LHE Alama Iqbal International Airport Lahore Pakistan KWI→LHE 3
BOM Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai India KWI→BOM 2
FCO Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport Rome Italy KWI→FCO 2
DAC Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Dhaka Bangladesh KWI→DAC 2
AWZ Ahwaz Airport Ahwaz Iran KWI→AWZ 2
SYZ Shiraz Shahid Dastghaib International Airport Shiraz Iran KWI→SYZ 2
DWC Al Maktoum International Airport Dubai United Arab Emirates KWI→DWC 2
LXR Luxor International Airport Luxor Egypt KWI→LXR 2
NJF Al Najaf International Airport Najaf Iraq KWI→NJF 2
FRA Frankfurt am Main Airport Frankfurt Germany KWI→FRA 2
IST Istanbul Airport Istanbul Turkey KWI→IST 2
MCT Muscat International Airport Muscat Oman KWI→MCT 2
MED Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport Madinah Saudi Arabia KWI→MED 2
AMD Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport Ahmedabad India KWI→AMD 1
GOI Dabolim Airport Goa India KWI→GOI 1
CGP Shah Amanat International Airport Chittagong Bangladesh KWI→CGP 1
LFM Lamerd Airport Lamerd Iran KWI→LFM 1
KBL Hamid Karzai International Airport Kabul Afghanistan KWI→KBL 1
SHJ Sharjah International Airport Sharjah United Arab Emirates KWI→SHJ 1
IFN Esfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport Esfahan Iran KWI→IFN 1
LRR Lar Airport Lar Iran KWI→LRR 1
CCJ Calicut International Airport Calicut India KWI→CCJ 1
RIY Mukalla International Airport Mukalla Yemen KWI→RIY 1
ATZ Assiut International Airport Asyut Egypt KWI→ATZ 1
BKK Suvarnabhumi Airport Bangkok Thailand KWI→BKK 1
COK Cochin International Airport Kochi India KWI→COK 1
DEL Indira Gandhi International Airport Delhi India KWI→DEL 1
IKA Imam Khomeini International Airport Tehran Iran KWI→IKA 1
ISB New Islamabad International Airport Islamabad Pakistan KWI→ISB 1
JFK John F Kennedy International Airport New York United States KWI→JFK 1
KUL Kuala Lumpur International Airport Kuala Lumpur Malaysia KWI→KUL 1
MAA Chennai International Airport Madras India KWI→MAA 1
TRV Trivandrum International Airport Trivandrum India KWI→TRV 1
SSH Sharm El Sheikh International Airport Sharm El Sheikh Egypt KWI→SSH 1
PEW Peshawar International Airport Peshawar Pakistan KWI→PEW 1
SKT Sialkot Airport Sialkot Pakistan KWI→SKT 1
TUN Tunis Carthage International Airport Tunis Tunisia KWI→TUN 1
IAD Washington Dulles International Airport Washington United States KWI→IAD 1
TIF Ta’if Regional Airport Taif Saudi Arabia KWI→TIF 1

Airlines operating at KWI

Carriers ranked by the number of routes they file from this airport.

Airport profile data (section 2)
IATAAirlineCountryRoutes from KWI
KU Kuwait Airways Kuwait 33
J9 Jazeera Airways Kuwait 15
IR Iran Air Iran 5
MS Egyptair Egypt 5
EP Iran Aseman Airlines Iran 4
SV Saudi Arabian Airlines Saudi Arabia 4
XY Nas Air Saudi Arabia 4
PK Pakistan International Airlines Pakistan 3
9W Jet Airways India 2
AF Air France France 2
AI Air India Limited India 2
AZ Alitalia Italy 2
BG Biman Bangladesh Airlines Bangladesh 2
DL Delta Air Lines United States 2
FG Ariana Afghan Airlines Afghanistan 2
FZ Fly Dubai United Arab Emirates 2
IY Yemenia Yemen 2
KL KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Netherlands 2
LH Lufthansa Cargo Germany 2
TK Turkish Airlines Turkey 2
UA United Airlines United States 2
AA American Airlines United States 1
BA British Airways United Kingdom 1
E5 Air Arabia Egypt Egypt 1
EK Emirates United Arab Emirates 1
EO Express One International United States 1
ET Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopia 1
EY Etihad Airways United Arab Emirates 1
G9 Air Arabia United Arab Emirates 1
GF Gulf Air Bahrain Bahrain 1
IX Air India Express India 1
ME Middle East Airlines Lebanon 1
MJ L Argentina 1
NL Shaheen Air International Pakistan 1
NP Nile Air Egypt 1
PC Pegasus Airlines Turkey 1
QR Qatar Airways Qatar 1
RJ Royal Jordanian Jordan 1
SA South African Airways South Africa 1
TU Tunisair Tunisia 1
UL SriLankan Airlines Sri Lanka 1
WY Oman Air Oman 1

Inbound origin airports

Where flights into KWI typically originate, ranked by the number of operators on file.

Airport profile data (section 3)
IATAOrigin airportCityCountryOperators
DMM King Fahd International Airport Dammam Saudi Arabia 6
HBE Borg El Arab International Airport Alexandria Egypt 6
AUH Abu Dhabi International Airport Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 5
JED King Abdulaziz International Airport Jeddah Saudi Arabia 5
DXB Dubai International Airport Dubai United Arab Emirates 4
BAH Bahrain International Airport Bahrain Bahrain 4
RUH King Khaled International Airport Riyadh Saudi Arabia 4
SAW Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Istanbul Turkey 4
LHR London Heathrow Airport London United Kingdom 3
AMS Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Amsterdam Netherlands 3
MHD Mashhad International Airport Mashhad Iran 3
AMM Queen Alia International Airport Amman Jordan 3
BEY Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport Beirut Lebanon 3
CAI Cairo International Airport Cairo Egypt 3
HMB Sohag International Airport Sohag Egypt 3
CMB Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport Colombo Sri Lanka 3
LHE Alama Iqbal International Airport Lahore Pakistan 3
BOM Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai India 2
FCO Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport Rome Italy 2
DAC Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Dhaka Bangladesh 2
AWZ Ahwaz Airport Ahwaz Iran 2
SYZ Shiraz Shahid Dastghaib International Airport Shiraz Iran 2
ADD Addis Ababa Bole International Airport Addis Ababa Ethiopia 2
DWC Al Maktoum International Airport Dubai United Arab Emirates 2
SAH Sana'a International Airport Sanaa Yemen 2
LXR Luxor International Airport Luxor Egypt 2
NJF Al Najaf International Airport Najaf Iraq 2
DOH Hamad International Airport Doha Qatar 2
FRA Frankfurt am Main Airport Frankfurt Germany 2
IST Istanbul Airport Istanbul Turkey 2
MCT Muscat International Airport Muscat Oman 2
AMD Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport Ahmedabad India 1
GOI Dabolim Airport Goa India 1
LFM Lamerd Airport Lamerd Iran 1
KBL Hamid Karzai International Airport Kabul Afghanistan 1
SHJ Sharjah International Airport Sharjah United Arab Emirates 1
IFN Esfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport Esfahan Iran 1
LRR Lar Airport Lar Iran 1
CCJ Calicut International Airport Calicut India 1
RIY Mukalla International Airport Mukalla Yemen 1
ATZ Assiut International Airport Asyut Egypt 1
BKK Suvarnabhumi Airport Bangkok Thailand 1
COK Cochin International Airport Kochi India 1
DEL Indira Gandhi International Airport Delhi India 1
IKA Imam Khomeini International Airport Tehran Iran 1
ISB New Islamabad International Airport Islamabad Pakistan 1
JFK John F Kennedy International Airport New York United States 1
KUL Kuala Lumpur International Airport Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 1
MAA Chennai International Airport Madras India 1
TRV Trivandrum International Airport Trivandrum India 1
SSH Sharm El Sheikh International Airport Sharm El Sheikh Egypt 1
PEW Peshawar International Airport Peshawar Pakistan 1
SKT Sialkot Airport Sialkot Pakistan 1
TUN Tunis Carthage International Airport Tunis Tunisia 1
IAD Washington Dulles International Airport Washington United States 1
MED Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport Madinah Saudi Arabia 1
TIF Ta’if Regional Airport Taif Saudi Arabia 1

How to read this page

The destinations table is the core of an airport profile. It tells you, at a glance, where you can fly directly from KWI on a published schedule. The "operators" column doesn't measure frequency. It measures how many distinct airline codes file the route. So a "3" means three different carriers list KWI to that destination, even if one of them runs the route many times a day while the others only manage it weekly. For practical trip planning, use the table as a starting list and confirm the airline's own schedule for your travel dates.

The airline list shows which carriers treat KWI as part of their network. Many will be foreign carriers running one or two flights, while a handful will use the airport as a base. To see where those carriers fly elsewhere, click through to any airline page. Each airline profile includes a route sample drawn from the same dataset.