# Muscat International Airport (MCT / OOMS)

**Muscat International Airport** (IATA: MCT, ICAO: OOMS) is a large airport in Muscat/Seeb, Masqat Governorate, Oman. It opened in 1972. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,080 m (13,386 ft). In 2011 it handled 6.5 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ooms

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MCT / OOMS
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Muscat/Seeb, Masqat Governorate, Oman
- Opened: 1972
- Elevation: 15 m / 48 ft
- Coordinates: 23.6002, 58.2853
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 4,080 m / 13,386 ft
- Passengers: 6,479,860 (2011)
- Time zone: UTC+4 · Asia/Muscat
- Website: https://www.muscatairport.co.om/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscat_International_Airport (42 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1133357
- Weather station: OOMS · WMO 41256
- Ident: OOMS

## Timeline

- 1972: Muscat International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08R/26L | 4,080 m / 13,386 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 085° / 265° | yes |
| 08L/26R | 4,000 m / 13,123 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 085° / 265° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2000 | 2,721,393 | Wikidata |
| 2001 | 2,700,992 | Wikidata |
| 2002 | 2,446,610 | Wikidata |
| 2003 | 2,884,814 | Wikidata |
| 2004 | 3,461,982 | Wikidata |
| 2005 | 3,778,218 | Wikidata |
| 2006 | 4,777,747 | Wikidata |
| 2007 | 4,220,429 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 4,002,121 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 4,556,502 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 5,751,516 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 6,479,860 | Wikidata |

## Routes

85 destinations in 43 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (79)

- [ZBR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oizc.md) Chabahar Konarak International Airport · Iran · 295 km / 183 mi · Kish Air
- [MSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ooma.md) RAFO Masirah · Oman · 331 km / 206 mi · SalamAir
- [SHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj.md) Sharjah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 340 km / 211 mi · SalamAir, Air Arabia
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 347 km / 216 mi · flydubai, Emirates, Oman Air
- [KHS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ookb.md) Khasab Airport · Oman · 352 km / 219 mi · Oman Air
- [AUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omaa.md) Zayed International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 381 km / 237 mi · Etihad Airways, Air Arabia, Oman Air
- [DQM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/om-0003.md) Duqm International Airport · Oman · 461 km / 286 mi · SalamAir
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 701 km / 436 mi · Qatar Airways, SalamAir, Oman Air
- [BAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/obbi.md) Bahrain International Airport · Bahrain · 826 km / 513 mi · Gulf Air, Oman Air
- [SLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oosa.md) Salalah International Airport · Oman · 850 km / 528 mi · SalamAir, Oman Air
- [SYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiss.md) Shiraz Shahid Dastghaib International Airport · Iran · 870 km / 541 mi · Taban Air, SalamAir
- [KHI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opkc.md) Jinnah International Airport · Pakistan · 911 km / 566 mi · SalamAir, Oman Air
- [DMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oedf.md) King Fahd International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 912 km / 567 mi · SalamAir, Oman Air
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,184 km / 736 mi · SalamAir, Oman Air
- [KWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/okkk.md) Kuwait International Airport · Kuwait · 1,202 km / 747 mi · SalamAir, Oman Air
- [MHD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oimm.md) Mashhad International Airport · Iran · 1,411 km / 877 mi · Sepehran Airlines
- [IKA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiie.md) Imam Khomeini International Airport · Iran · 1,483 km / 921 mi · SalamAir, Sepehran Airlines, Qeshm Air, Varesh Airlines
- [MUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opmt.md) Multan International Airport · Pakistan · 1,493 km / 928 mi · SalamAir
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 1,590 km / 988 mi · IndiGo, SalamAir, Air India Express, Oman Air
- [NJF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orni.md) Al Najaf International Airport · Iraq · 1,651 km / 1,026 mi · Iraqi Airways
- [AHB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oeab.md) Abha International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,728 km / 1,074 mi · SalamAir
- [PEW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opps.md) Bacha Khan International Airport · Pakistan · 1,728 km / 1,074 mi · SalamAir
- [BGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/orbi.md) Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base · Iraq · 1,741 km / 1,082 mi · SalamAir, Iraqi Airways, Oman Air
- [ISB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opis.md) Islamabad International Airport · Pakistan · 1,797 km / 1,117 mi · SalamAir
- [JAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vijp.md) Jaipur International Airport · India · 1,798 km / 1,117 mi · SalamAir
- [LHE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opla.md) Allama Iqbal International Airport · Pakistan · 1,814 km / 1,127 mi · SalamAir
- [TIF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oetf.md) Taif International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,836 km / 1,141 mi · Oman Air
- [GOX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/voga.md) Manohar International Airport · India · 1,848 km / 1,148 mi · Oman Air
- [MED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oema.md) Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,888 km / 1,173 mi · SalamAir, Oman Air
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,955 km / 1,215 mi · Air India Express, Oman Air
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,973 km / 1,226 mi · SalamAir, Oman Air
- [IXE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/voml.md) Mangaluru International Airport · India · 2,112 km / 1,312 mi · Air India Express
- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 2,213 km / 1,375 mi · IndiGo, SalamAir, Oman Air
- [TAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttt.md) Tashkent International Airport · Uzbekistan · 2,214 km / 1,376 mi · Oman Air
- [PZU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hspn.md) Port Sudan New International Airport · Sudan · 2,224 km / 1,382 mi · SalamAir
- [CNN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vokn.md) Kannur International Airport · India · 2,239 km / 1,391 mi · Air India Express
- [LKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vilk.md) Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport · India · 2,298 km / 1,428 mi · SalamAir, Oman Air
- [CCJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vocl.md) Calicut International Airport · India · 2,327 km / 1,446 mi · SalamAir, Air India Express, Oman Air
- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 2,349 km / 1,460 mi · SalamAir, Oman Air
- [AMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ojai.md) Queen Alia International Airport · Jordan · 2,368 km / 1,471 mi · Oman Air
- [DAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/osdi.md) Damascus International Airport · Syria · 2,384 km / 1,481 mi · Fly Cham, SalamAir
- [COK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/voci.md) Cochin International Airport · India · 2,435 km / 1,513 mi · IndiGo, Air India Express, Oman Air
- [BEY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/olba.md) Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport · Lebanon · 2,489 km / 1,547 mi · SalamAir
- [MAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vomm.md) Chennai International Airport · India · 2,589 km / 1,609 mi · SalamAir, Oman Air
- [TRZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/votr.md) Tiruchirappalli International Airport · India · 2,592 km / 1,611 mi · Air India Express
- [TRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/votv.md) Thiruvananthapuram International Airport · India · 2,600 km / 1,616 mi · Air India Express, Oman Air
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 2,634 km / 1,637 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 2,757 km / 1,713 mi · EgyptAir, Air Arabia, Oman Air
- [AER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urss.md) Sochi International Airport · Russia · 2,772 km / 1,722 mi · Oman Air
- [MGQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hcmm.md) Aden Adde International Airport · Somalia · 2,777 km / 1,726 mi · SalamAir
- [SPX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesx.md) Sphinx International Airport · Egypt · 2,804 km / 1,742 mi · SalamAir
- [CMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcbi.md) Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport · Sri Lanka · 2,940 km / 1,827 mi · SalamAir
- [DAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vghs.md) Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport · Bangladesh · 3,262 km / 2,027 mi · US-Bangla Airlines, SalamAir, Oman Air
- [SAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfj.md) Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · Türkiye · 3,310 km / 2,057 mi · Pegasus Airlines
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 3,372 km / 2,095 mi · Turkish Airlines, Oman Air
- [ZYL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgsy.md) Osmany International Airport · Bangladesh · 3,398 km / 2,111 mi · US-Bangla Airlines
- [CGP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgeg.md) Shah Amanat International Airport · Bangladesh · 3,429 km / 2,131 mi · US-Bangla Airlines, SalamAir
- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 3,607 km / 2,241 mi · SalamAir
- [ZNZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htza.md) Abeid Amani Karume International Airport · Tanzania · 3,909 km / 2,429 mi · Air Tanzania
- [DAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htda.md) Julius Nyerere International Airport · Tanzania · 3,972 km / 2,468 mi · Air Tanzania, Oman Air
- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 3,984 km / 2,476 mi · Oman Air
- [KGL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hryr.md) Kigali International Airport · Rwanda · 4,165 km / 2,588 mi · SalamAir
- [VIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/loww.md) Vienna International Airport · Austria · 4,559 km / 2,833 mi · SalamAir
- [BKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbs.md) Suvarnabhumi Airport · Thailand · 4,590 km / 2,852 mi · SalamAir, Oman Air
- [HKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsp.md) Phuket International Airport · Thailand · 4,594 km / 2,855 mi · Oman Air
- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 4,690 km / 2,914 mi · Oman Air
- [KNO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wimm.md) Kualanamu International Airport · Indonesia · 4,887 km / 3,037 mi · SalamAir
- [MUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddm.md) Munich Airport · Germany · 4,902 km / 3,046 mi · Oman Air
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 5,051 km / 3,139 mi · Oman Air
- [ZRH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszh.md) Zürich Airport · Switzerland · 5,108 km / 3,174 mi · Oman Air
- [CPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekch.md) Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · Denmark · 5,136 km / 3,191 mi · SalamAir
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 5,179 km / 3,218 mi · Oman Air
- [KUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkk.md) Kuala Lumpur International Airport · Malaysia · 5,209 km / 3,237 mi · Oman Air
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 5,500 km / 3,418 mi · Oman Air
- [SIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wsss.md) Singapore Changi Airport · Singapore · 5,507 km / 3,422 mi · Oman Air
- [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 5,578 km / 3,466 mi · Oman Air
- [LHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egll.md) London Heathrow Airport · United Kingdom · 5,833 km / 3,624 mi · Oman Air
- [CGK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wiii.md) Soekarno-Hatta International Airport · Indonesia · 6,201 km / 3,853 mi · Oman Air
- [MNL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpll.md) Ninoy Aquino International Airport · Philippines · 6,622 km / 4,115 mi · Oman Air

### Seasonal (6)

- [TZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltcg.md) Trabzon International Airport · Türkiye · 2,589 km / 1,609 mi · SalamAir, Oman Air
- [MLE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmm.md) Velana International Airport · Maldives · 2,708 km / 1,683 mi · Oman Air
- [ALA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaaa.md) Almaty International Airport · Kazakhstan · 2,788 km / 1,732 mi · SalamAir
- [SJJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lqsa.md) Sarajevo International Airport · Bosnia & Herzegovina · 4,267 km / 2,651 mi · SalamAir
- [HKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtsp.md) Phuket International Airport · Thailand · 4,594 km / 2,855 mi · SalamAir
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 4,796 km / 2,980 mi · SalamAir

### Seasonal charter (3)

- [AER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urss.md) Sochi International Airport · Russia · 2,772 km / 1,722 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [CMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcbi.md) Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport · Sri Lanka · 2,940 km / 1,827 mi · Smartwings Poland
- [WAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwa.md) Warsaw Chopin Airport · Poland · 4,476 km / 2,781 mi · Smartwings Poland

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from MCT, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (2)

- WY [Oman Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/oman-air) · 48
- OV [SalamAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/salamair) · 45

### Passenger (23)

- IX [Air India Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-india-express) · 8
- G9 [Air Arabia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-arabia) · 3
- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 3
- BS [US-Bangla Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/us-bangla-airlines) · 3
- TC [Air Tanzania](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-tanzania) · 2
- IA [Iraqi Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/iraqi-airways) · 2
- IS [Sepehran Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sepehran-airlines) · 2
- 3Z [Smartwings Poland](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartwings-poland) · 2 · seasonal charter
- MS [EgyptAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair) · 1
- EK [Emirates](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/emirates) · 1
- ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 1
- EY [Etihad Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/etihad-airways) · 1
- [Fly Cham](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fly-cham) · 1
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- GF [Gulf Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gulf-air) · 1
- Y9 [Kish Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kish-air) · 1
- [Pars Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pars-air) · 1
- PC [Pegasus Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pegasus-airlines) · 1
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 1
- QB [Qeshm Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qeshm-air) · 1
- WZ [Red Wings Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/red-wings-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter
- HH [Taban Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/taban-air) · 1
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1

Former hub of [Oman aviation services](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/oman-aviation-services).

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 6.5M (2011) | #297 of 3,974 | #17 in Middle East | #1 in OM |
| Longest runway | 4,080 m / 13,386 ft | #86 of 29,858 | #19 in Middle East | #1 in OM |
| Elevation | 15 m / 48 ft | =39,432 of 43,403 | =393 in Middle East | #31 in OM |
| Age | Opened 1972 | =6,630 of 15,079 | =44 in Middle East | #1 in OM |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =13 in Middle East | =1 in OM |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | APP | 121.200 |
| APP | RADAR | 121.200 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.800 |
| GND | GND | 121.800 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.400 |
| Clearance | MUSCAT Delivery | 125.575 |
| GND | NORTH GND | 121.875 |

## Nearby airports

- [OM-0009](https://dromopedia.com/airports/om-0009.md) Oman Flying Club Airport · 11 km / 6.8 mi
- [MNH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/om-0004.md) Mussanah Airport · 81 km / 51 mi
- [OOSQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oosq.md) Saiq Airport · 88 km / 55 mi
- [OOIZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ooiz.md) Izki Air Base · 95 km / 59 mi
- [OOIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ooia.md) Ibra Airport · 99 km / 62 mi

## In collections

- [Longest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/longest-runways) #86

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Muscat International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Muscat_International_Airport&oldid=1375894585), revision of 20 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ooms/data