Kuwait International Airport remains open and operational today, with commercial flights continuing to run through the facility's Terminal 4 and Terminal 5, even as Terminal 1 stays closed indefinitely while repair work continues following damage sustained during regional strikes earlier this year.

The airport, located roughly 16 kilometers south of Kuwait City in the Farwaniya Governorate, serves as the primary aviation hub for the country, handling more than 15 million passengers annually and offering connections to more than 100 destinations worldwide. Kuwait Airways, the country's national carrier, is currently operating out of Terminal 4, while Jazeera Airways, the country's largest budget carrier by departure volume, continues to operate from Terminal 5. Both terminals have absorbed additional traffic that would normally flow through Terminal 1 while that facility remains offline.

Terminal 1's continued closure traces back to a series of attacks earlier this year tied to broader regional conflict in the Gulf. Between late February and June 2026, Kuwait International Airport was targeted multiple times by drone and missile strikes linked to Iran's broader campaign against Persian Gulf states, causing damage to the airport's infrastructure, including its radar installation. All flights to and from the airport were suspended starting February 28 following the closure of Kuwaiti airspace amid the escalating conflict, forcing carriers such as Jazeera Airways to temporarily divert operations to Qaisumah International Airport in Saudi Arabia, located roughly two and a half hours from Kuwait by road.

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