Airports in the Sultanate of Oman recorded 4,701,055 passengers from January to April 2025, a decrease of 4.1% compared with the same period of 2024, when the number of passengers reached 4,901,855, according to preliminary data issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information.
Muscat International Airport accounted for the largest share of travel traffic, recording 4,222,789 passengers in the first four months of this year, compared with 4,428,726 passengers in the same period of 2024, a decrease of 4.7%.
The number of flights through the Sultanate's airports during the same period reached 29,731, compared with 32,520 flights last year, reflecting a decline in traffic of 8.6%.
Salalah Airport, meanwhile, achieved growth of 6.8% in passenger numbers, which reached 458,394 by the end of April 2025, compared with 429,181 passengers in the same period last year. On the other hand, the airport recorded a slight decrease of 0.2% in the number of flights, to 2,974 flights compared with 2,980 during the same period of 2024.
By contrast, Sohar Airport saw a sharp decline in activity, with the number of flights falling by 62.5% to just 72, compared with 192 in the same period last year. The number of passengers also fell by 98.7%, from 23,842 to just 307.
Duqm Airport also recorded a slight decline of 1.9% in the number of flights, to 204 compared with 208 during the period from January to April 2024, while the number of passengers fell by 2.7% to 19,565, compared with 20,106 in the comparison period.
As for the most active nationalities at Muscat International Airport, Indians topped the number of passengers on departing and arriving flights through the airport, with a total of 182,628 passengers in April 2025, including 99,163 arrivals and 83,465 departures.
They were followed by Omanis, with a total of 101,087 passengers, including 45,072 arrivals and 56,015 departures, then Pakistanis, with a total of 47,078 passengers, including 25,426 arrivals and 21,652 departures.
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