# Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base (XIJ / OKAJ)

**Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base** (IATA: XIJ, ICAO: OKAJ) is a medium airport in Ahmed Al Jaber AB, Al Ahmadi Governorate, Kuwait. It is operated by Kuwait Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/okaj

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: XIJ / OKAJ
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Kuwait Air Force
- Serves: Ahmed Al Jaber AB, Al Ahmadi Governorate, Kuwait
- Elevation: 125 m / 409 ft
- Coordinates: 28.9348, 47.7919
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Asia/Kuwait
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_al-Jaber_Air_Base (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4582023
- Weather station: OKBK
- Ident: OKAJ

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 125 m / 409 ft | =28,886 of 43,403 | #285 in Middle East | #3 in KW |

## Nearby airports

- [KWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/okkk.md) Kuwait International Airport · 37 km / 23 mi
- [OKAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/okas.md) Ali Al Salem Air Base · 53 km / 33 mi
- [OERM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerm.md) Ras Mishab Airport · 124 km / 77 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/okaj/data