The total number of passengers through the Sultanate of Oman's airports from January to May 2025 reached 5,790,010, a decrease of 3% compared with the same period of 2024, which recorded 5,968,622 passengers.
Preliminary data issued by Oman's National Centre for Statistics and Information indicated that the number of passengers through Muscat International Airport reached 5,207,005 during the first 5 months of 2025, compared with 5,393,373 passengers in the same period last year, a decrease of 3.5%. The number of flights at the airport reached 37,307, down 7.5% compared with the same period of 2024, which recorded 40,322 flights, according to the Oman News Agency.
The data showed that Salalah Airport recorded a 6.7% increase in passenger numbers through the end of last May, reaching 557,298 passengers compared with 522,224 in the same period of 2024, against a slight decrease of 0.3% in the total number of flights, which reached 3,717 compared with 3,730 flights by the end of May 2024.
Sohar Airport saw a 98.8% decrease in passenger numbers during the first 5 months of 2025, to 336 passengers compared with 27,350 in the same period last year, while the number of flights fell by 63.7% to 82 flights, compared with 226 flights in the same period of 2024.
Meanwhile, the number of flights at Duqm Airport also fell by 1.5% through the end of May 2025 to 256 flights, compared with 260 flights in the same period last year, while the number of passengers declined by 1.2% to 25,371, compared with 25,675 passengers by the end of May 2024.
The statistics showed that Indian nationals topped the list of nationalities using Muscat International Airport the most in May 2025, with a total of 193,861 passengers, including 85,447 arrivals and 108,414 departures.
Omani nationals came second with a total of 108,916 passengers, including 54,086 arrivals and 54,830 departures, followed by Pakistani nationals with a total of 46,930 passengers, including 21,267 arrivals and 25,663 departures.
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