Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base

Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base is a Kuwait Air Force base that is home to 3 Kuwait Air Force F/A-18 C/D squadrons: 9 Squadron, 25 Squadron, and 61 Squadron. The base also has an area designated for operations by the U.S. Air Force and its allies.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Kuwait
  • Also known as: “Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base”, “Ahmed Al Jaber AB Airport”, “OKAJ”, and “XIJ”

Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base

Latitude
28.9335° or 28° 56′ 1″ north
Longitude
47.7821° or 47° 46′ 56″ east
Elevation
124 metres (407 feet)
IATA airport code
XIJ
ICAO airport code
OKAJ
Open location code
7HW9WQMJ+9R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 281382361
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
393884
Wiki­data ID
Q4582023
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Tajik—“Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قاعدة أحمد الجابر الجوية”
  • Cebuano: “Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base”
  • Czech: “Letecká základna Ahmada al-Džabíra”
  • French: “base aérienne d’Ahmed Al Jaber”
  • French: “Base aérienne d’Ahmed Al Jaber”
  • Hebrew: “בסיס אחמד אל-ג’אבר”
  • Hebrew: “בסיס חיל האוויר אחמד אל-ג’אבר”
  • Indonesian: “OKAJ”
  • Indonesian: “XIJ”
  • Japanese: “アハマド・アル・ジャービル空軍基地”
  • Japanese: “アフマド・アル・ジャービル空軍基地”
  • Japanese: “アフマド・アル＝ジャービル空軍基地”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Ahmed Al Jaber AB”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ahmed Al Jaber flystasjon”
  • Norwegian: “Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base”
  • Persian: “پایگاه هوایی احمد ال‌جابر”
  • Polish: “Baza lotnicza Ahmad al-Dżabir”
  • Spanish: “Base Aérea Ahmad Al-Jaber”
  • Swedish: “Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоӣ аҳмад олҷобр”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоии Аҳмад Ал Ҷабер”

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