Over 3.5 Million Passengers
Travel Through Oman’s Airports by End of March 2025

Muscat, 18 May (ONA) — The
total number of passengers travelling through the airports of the Sultanate of
Oman by the end of March 2025 reached 3,541,038, according to preliminary
statistics issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).

Meanwhile, the total number
of flights landing and departing from the airports of the Sultanate of Oman by
the end of March 2025 reached 24,719 flights.

The number of passengers
through Muscat International Airport by the end of March 2025 reached 3,183,817
passengers compared to 3,482,325 passengers during the same period in 2024, constituting
a decrease of 8.6%.

The number of flights through
Muscat International Airport by the end of March 2025 reached 22,347 flights, decreasing
by 11.3%, compared to 25,204 flights during the same period of the previous
year.

Indians topped the number of
passengers through Muscat International Airport by the end of March 2025, with
79,641 passenger arrivals and 78,453 passenger departures, followed by Omani
nationals reaching 29,575 incoming passengers and 28,612 departing passengers,
and the Pakistani nationality with 16,263 arriving passengers and 23,719
departing passengers.

By the end of March 2025,
Salalah Airport recorded a total of 342,491 passengers, an increase of 5.4% compared
to 325,035 passengers during the same period in 2024. This growth occurred
despite a 5.3% decline in the number of flights, which dropped to 2,166 from
2,288 flights recorded in the corresponding period last year.

Sohar Airport recorded a
total of 307 passengers by the end of March 2025, a decline of 98.2% from
17,462 passengers during the same period in 2024. The number of flights also
dropped significantly to 54, compared to 154 flights in the corresponding
period last year, a decrease of 64.9%.

Meanwhile, Duqm Airport
experienced a slight decrease in flight operations, with a 2.6% drop by the end
of March 2025, registering 152 flights compared to 156 flights during the same
period last year. The number of passengers also declined by 7.1%, totaling
14,423 passengers compared to 15,532 passengers at the end of March 2024.

—Ends/AG