Airports / Kuwait / XIJ
Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base
OKAJ / XIJAhmed Al Jaber AB, KuwaitELEV 409 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
20 nm
To the nearest alternate
Kuwait International Airport (KWI) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, listed as OKAJ / XIJ, is a mid-sized airport in Ahmed Al Jaber AB, Kuwait. The airport sits 409 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into XIJ for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Kuwait International Airport (KWI, 20 nm), Ali Al Salem Air Base (OKAS, 29 nm), and Ras Mishab Airport (OERM, 67 nm).
Charter pricing from XIJ depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Ahmed Al Jaber AB.
Field capability
ICAO
OKAJ
IATA
XIJ
FAA / Local
OKAJ
Elevation
409 ft
Coordinates
28.9348° N · 47.7919° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 20nmKWIKuwait International AirportKuwait City
- 29nmOKASAli Al Salem Air BaseAl Damaikhi
- 67nmOERMRas Mishab AirportAl Mishab
- 82nmOETNRas Tanajib AirportAs Saffaniyah
- 89nmABDAbadan Ayatollah Jami International AirportAbadan
- 95nmAQIQaisumah–Hafar Al-Batin International AirportQaisumah
Location
Open the full mapOKAJ · Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base · Ahmed Al Jaber AB, Kuwait