Bayt al Falaj is a village in Muscat, in northeastern

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...

. It was the site of Muscat's airport and main operating base for the country's air force (which opened in 1929), prior to the opening of Muscat International Airport at Seeb in 1973. It is also the location of the Sultan's Armed Forces Museum inside the old fort, built by the sultan

Said bin Sultan Sayyid Saïd bin Sultan al-Busaidi ( ar, سعيد بن سلطان, , sw, Saïd bin Sultani) (5 June 1791 – 19 October 1856), was Sultan of Muscat and Oman, the fifth ruler of the Busaid dynasty from 1804 to 4 June 1856. His rule commenced fol ...

in 1845. The fort had been the Headquarters of the sultan's Armed Forces up until the 1970s. 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; as well as the SAF Command and Staff College. The offices of the Royal Navy of Oman's Oman National Hydrographic Office is also based in Bayt al Falaj.

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Populated places in the Muscat Governorate {{Oman-geo-stub