The total number of passengers through the Sultanate of Oman's airports from January to July 2025 reached 8,366,273, a decrease of 1.3% compared with 8,478,607 passengers in the same period last year.
Muscat International Airport recorded 7,453,204 passengers in the first 7 months of this year, compared with 7,569,755 passengers in the same period of 2024, a decrease of 1.5%, according to the Oman News Agency.
Preliminary data issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information showed that the number of flights through the same airport fell by 5.9% to 53,170, compared with 56,498 flights in the same period last year.
Meanwhile, the number of passengers through Salalah Airport rose by 5.2% to 870,616 by the end of July 2025, compared with 827,486 passengers in the same period of 2024, while the number of flights rose by 1.4% to 5,881, against 5,801 flights by the end of July 2024.
Sohar Airport saw a decline in air traffic, as the number of passengers fell by 85.3% in the first 7 months of 2025 to just 6,831, against 46,578 passengers in the same period last year, while the number of flights fell to 130, against 384 flights by the end of July 2024.
Duqm Airport recorded a balanced performance, as the number of passengers rose by 2.4% by the end of July 2025 to 35,622, against 34,788 passengers by the end of July 2024, while the number of flights fell slightly by 0.6% to 360 by the end of July 2025, against 362 flights in the same period last year.
The statistics indicated that Omanis topped departing and arriving passengers through Muscat International Airport in the first 7 months of 2025, with a total of 210,239 passengers, of whom 96,858 were arrivals and 113,381 departures.
They were followed by Indian nationals, with a total of 186,402 passengers, including 108,270 arrivals and 78,132 departures, and then Pakistani nationals, with a total of 47,777 passengers, comprising 20,411 arrivals and 27,366 departures.
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