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About the Kuwait
Some Facts
Kuwait is located in the center of the Middle East countries. Its location in the North Western part of the Arabian Gulf granted it a strategic dimension as a crossing point between Europe and Africa in one hand and Middle Asia and Indian subcontinent on the other. This made Kuwait an entrance to a wide regional market for countries of a population over 1 billion.
General guidelines
When operating in the Kuwait, please observe the following general IVAO KW rules:
Frequency
Whenever practicable, 122.800 and 121.500 should be continuously monitored unless another frequency (ATC station for example) is more appropriate.
Altitudes
All altitudes are above mean sea level (AMSL) in feet.
- Transition altitude: 13000ft .
- Transition level:FL150 .
Squawk codes
The following codes are allocated for use by pilots, without direction from ATC for the purposes specified. Use these codes unless ATC instruct otherwise:
- Code 7700 - Aircraft Emergency
- Code 7600 - Radio Failure
- Note, the code 7500 (hi jack) is NOT to be used on the IVAO Network
- Code 2000 - When entering KW airspace from an adjacent region when no SSR code has been assigned
- Code 7000 - When not receiving a service from an ATS unit
Speed restrictions
Do not exceed the 250kts IAS below ATL 10000 ft, unless you have permission from ATC, or the classification of airspace you are flying in means you are exempt from the rule. Military aircraft may also exceed the restriction.
QNH
Altimeter settings are in millibars and the standard setting is 1013mb (1013.25mbs to be precise).
No available ATC
Intentions must be broadcast on the Unicom frequency of 122.800
Charts
Charts for airports in the KW are available through the Aeronautical Information Service. Details on how to get charts can be found in the charts section of the website. We strongly recommend you use them.