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Muscat International Airport
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IATA: MCT – ICAO: OOMS Location of Airport in Oman
MCTSummary Airport type Military/Public Operator Oman Airports Management Company S.A.O.C. Location Muscat, Oman Hub for Oman Air Elevation AMSL 48 ft / 15 m Coordinates 23°35′36″N 58°17′04″E / 23.59333°N 58.28444°E Website Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 02/20 2,461 750 Soil 08/26 10,365 3,160 Asphalt Statistics (2009) Passengers 4,558,838 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 15 km 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]
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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 101 meters,[2] 32 aerobridges, a new cargo termial to handle 200,000 tons of cargo annually, and extra 6,000 car spaces. The new terminal will be built between the two parallel runways.[2] The new terminal building will have a net floor area of 290,000 sqm.[2] 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.
The first phase of the airport expansion, the new terminal building, is expected to be completed by 2014, which will have a capacity to handle 12 million passengers a year.[2] The final phase, which will expand the airport to handle 48 million passengers a year, is expected to be completed by 2015.[2]
Several site preparatory steps are underway. Work to protect the airport and the runways from water damage that occurs during the very rare rains is the first phase.[2] The grounds are raised by three meters for this purpose, by driving 10-12 million cubic meters of desert sand and crushed rock into the site.[2]
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 [3]
Airlines and destinations
Early morning view of the entrance of the arrivals area
The airport serves as the hub for the national carrier Oman AirAirlines Destinations Air Arabia Sharjah Air Blue Lahore Air India Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mumbai Air India Express Abu Dhabi, Amritsar, Delhi, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mangalore, Trivandrum Bahrain Air Bahrain Biman Bangladesh Airlines Chittagong, Dhaka, Sylhet British Airways Abu Dhabi, London-Heathrow EgyptAir Cairo Emirates Dubai Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Flydubai Dubai Gulf Air Bahrain IndiGo Mumbai Kenya Airways Nairobi Jet Airways Cochin, Mumbai, Trivandrum KLM Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam Kuwait Airways Dubai, Kuwait Lufthansa Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt Oman Air Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Amman, Bahrain, Bangalore, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beirut, Cairo, Chittagong, Chennai, Colombo, Dammam, Dar es Salaam, Delhi, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Jaipur, Jeddah, Karachi, Kathmandu, Khasab, Kochi, Kozhikode, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Lahore, Lucknow, London-Heathrow, Malé, Milan-Malpensa, Mumbai, Munich, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Ras al Khaimah, Riyadh, Salalah, Trivandrum, Zanzibar, Zurich [begins 2 December] Pakistan International Airlines Gwadar, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Sialkot, Turbat Qatar Airways Doha Royal Jordanian Amman-Queen Alia Saudi Arabian Airlines Jeddah, Riyadh Shaheen Air Lahore, Peshawar, Sialkot SriLankan Airlines Colombo Swiss International Air Lines Dubai, Zürich Thai Airways International Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Karachi Turkish Airlines Istanbul-Atatürk Cargo airlines
Airlines Destinations Martinair Cargo Amsterdam, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Sharjah[4] Other facilities
The airport houses the head office of Oman Air.[5]
Airport Statistics
Statistics for Muscat International Airport[6] Year Total Passengers Freight (tons) Total Aircraft Movements 2000 2,720,983 68,639 38,184 2001 2,697,032 73,078 38,955 2002 2,450,422 46,934 39,555 2003 2,886,487 48,630 42,330 2004 3,461,982 67,151 43,622 2005 3,778,578 76,043 44,445 2006 4,777,747 99,582 53,695 2007 4,218,498 77,391 58,903 2008 4,002,121 58,000 58,346 2009 4,558,838 64,452 56,084 2010 5,751,516 96,390 67,160 References
- ^ a b "Seeb Airport switches to new name," Khaleej Times
- ^ a b c d e f g Welcome to OAMC
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ http://cargo.martinair.com/wps/wcm/connect/93442c004e0443bba19fb128ba7f78d5/MP_Cargo_Sched_MFE_06JUL09-02AUG09.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
- ^ http://www.omanair.com/wy/about-us/global-offices Contact Us]." Direct image link. Oman Air. Retrieved on 3 December 2010.
- ^ Traffic Statistics
External links
- Airport information for OOMS at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- Oman Airports
Categories:- Airports in Oman
- Muscat
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