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.

[4] The fort had been the Headquarters of the sultan's Armed Forces up until the 1970s.

[5] The office of 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.

The fort at Bayt al Falaj in 1974