Airport & Sea Ports

Kuwait International Airport is in Farwaniyah, about 17km from the centre of Kuwait City. The airport has two terminals. The Terminal-1 is used for short-haul passenger flights and freight, and has nearby cargo handling and storage facilities. Just east of this terminal is Terminal-2, the main passenger terminal. All long distance flights depart from and arrive at Terminal-2, which is built in the shape of an aero plane, its arrival and departure areas forming the wings of a long fuselage which contain the aircraft access gates.

Kuwait Airport is installed with the latest and most sophisticated equipment and exclusive facilities and services like flight information monitors, banks, restaurants, mosque, shops, airline offices, call taxi & car rental services, mobile telephone hiring service, hotel reservation, duty free shopping center and a transit airport hotel. With the recent development, the country's only international airport has doubled its capacity to six million passengers a year. In addition, there are 3 main Sea Ports, namely Al-Shuwaikh, Al-Shuaiba and Doha. The first is the largest and oldest of the 3 ports and was established in 1960.