Muscat International Airport مطار مسقط الدولي
IATA: MCT – ICAO: OOMS
Summary
Airport type		Military/Public
Operator		Oman Airports Management Company
Location		Muscat, Oman
Hub for		Oman Air
Elevation AMSL		48 ft / 15 m
Coordinates		23°35′36″N 058°17′04″E / 23.59333°N 58.28444°E / 23.59333; 58.28444
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
02/20	2,461	750	Soil
08/26	11,775	3,589	Asphalt

Muscat International Airport (formerly Seeb Airport^[1]) (IATA: MCT, ICAO: OOMS) is the main airport in Muscat, Oman. It is the hub for the national carrier Oman Air. The distance from Old Muscat is 30 km and it is 15km from the main residential localities. At the moment the airport is being expanded and modernized. The airport will be upgraded to 12 million-passenger capacity during the initial stage and subsequently to 48 million. The initial stage is scheduled for completion in 2011. The airport was renamed on 11 February 2008 from the previous name, Seeb, to Muscat International Airport.^[1]

[edit] Airport Statistics

[edit] Expansions

The expansion project for the airport will include a new modern terminal and a new runway that can handle the new Airbus A380. It will include a new control tower with a height of 90 meters, 32 aerobridges, a new cargo termial and extra 6,000 car spaces. Once the construction of the new runway is completed, upgrade work will progress on the existing one, in order to allow it to handle the larger aircraft. Expansion work has already commenced by raising the ground and installing rain drainage systems to prepare the construction of the new terminal building which is expected to start in the second half of 2008^[3]

On 8 August 2008, Cowi Group has announced that the designing phase of the airport has reached a major milestone which allows the construction of the new terminal to start in early 2009 ^[4]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Early morning view of the entrance of the arrivals area

[edit] Cargo airlines

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Seeb Airport switches to new name," Khaleej Times
2. ^ Traffic Statistics
3. ^ Muscat International Airport, Oman
4. ^ [1]
5. ^ http://cargo.martinair.com/wps/wcm/connect/93442c004e0443bba19fb128ba7f78d5/MP_Cargo_Sched_MFE_06JUL09-02AUG09.pdf?MOD=AJPERES

[edit] External links

• Airport information for OOMS at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
• Oman Airports

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