Oman- Duqm Airport to officially open on Jan 14

(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat- The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC) will celebrate the official opening of Duqm Airport on January 14 under the patronage of H E Sayyid Hamoud bin Faisal al Busaidi, Minister of Interior.

The airport occupies a total area of 27,386sq m and has an estimated capacity of half a million passengers a year with the potential to expand to 2mn passengers a year.

The airport includes a passenger building with an area of 9,614sq m. It also includes an air navigation complex, a 38m air traffic control tower, an air cargo terminal with an area of 9,958sq m, a capacity of 25,000 tonnes per year, 4km length and 75m wide runway, with connecting lanes and parking area for four aircraft, including the Airbus A380, as well as other facilities.

Duqm Airport is the third of the sultanate's airports to be operated with all its facilities. The operation of the passenger building began in September 2018.

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