Bayt al Falaj

Bayt al Falaj is a village in Muscat, in northeastern Oman.[1] It was the site of Muscat's airport and main operating base for the country's air force (which opened in 1929),[2] prior to the opening of Muscat International Airport at Seeb in 1973.[3]

The fort at Bayt al Falaj in 1974
Bayt al Falaj
Capital area suburb
Bayt al Falaj
Location in Oman
Coordinates: 23°36′N 58°33′E
Country Oman
GovernorateMuscat Governorate
Time zoneUTC+4 (Oman Standard Time)

It is also the location of the Sultan's Armed Forces Museum inside the old fort, built by the Sultan Said bin Sultan in 1845.[4] The fort had been the Headquarters of the Sultan's Armed Forces up until the 1970s.[5]

The office of His Excellency Sayyid Badr bin Saud Al Busaidi, Minister Responsible For Defence Affairs is located in a new headquarters complex in Bayt al Falaj camp;[6] as well as the SAF Command and Staff College.[7]

The offices of the Royal Navy of Oman's Oman National Hydrographic Office is also based in Bayt al Falaj.[8]


References
  1. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. GeoNames database entry. (search) Accessed 12 May 2011.
  2. Peterson, J. E. (2013). Oman's Insurgencies: The Sultanate's Struggle for Supremacy, Redesigning Force Posture. Saqi. ISBN 9780863567025. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  3. "Airport History". Oman Airports Management Company. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
  4. "Office of The Chief of Staff#Sultan Armed Forces". www.mod.gov.om. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  5. Worrall, James J. (2013). State Building and Counter Insurgency in Oman: Political, Military and Diplomatic Relations at the End of Empire. I.B.Tauris. p. XVII. ISBN 9781848856349. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  6. "Oman Yellow Pages MoD". www.omantel-yellowpages.com. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  7. "Command and Staff college about csc". www.mod.gov.om. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  8. "OMAN NATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE Contact US". www.mod.gov.om. Retrieved 5 August 2017.


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