# Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base (XIJ)

> Ahmed Al Jaber AB, KW · IATA: XIJ · ICAO: OKAJ · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `XIJ` |
| ICAO | `OKAJ` |
| City | Ahmed Al Jaber AB |
| Country | KW |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 125 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 28.93480, 47.79190 |

## Description

The Kuwait Air Force, not a freight handler, runs Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base (XIJ/OKAJ) some 50 km south of Kuwait City, where its F/A-18 Hornet fighter squadrons are stationed alongside periodic allied deployments. Nothing here is set up for commercial air cargo: there is no public cargo terminal, no ground handling agent selling capacity, and no customs channel for trade goods — freight arrives and leaves as military airlift. Shippers routing air cargo into Kuwait use Kuwait International Airport (KWI) roughly 40 km to the northeast, which concentrates cargo handling, customs clearance and onward trucking into the Gulf. Regional alternatives worth pricing are King Fahd International in Dammam (DMM, Saudi Arabia) and Bahrain International (BAH), both reachable by road feeder service along the coastal corridor. Treat XIJ as a data-quality trap in address files rather than a bookable destination for air freight.

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