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Velana International Airport

Malé, Maldives

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Elevation

6 ft

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The Essence of Velana International Airport

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Location

Malé · MLE · Maldives

Connectivity

44 routes · 29 destinations

Position

4.192°, 73.529° · 6 ft elev.

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The Maldives' premier gateway amid the Indian Ocean.

Opened

1960

Location

Malé, Maldives

Velana International Airport, formerly known as Malé International Airport, serves as the primary international gateway to the Republic of Maldives. Located on Hulhulé Island adjacent to the capital city of Malé, it is owned and operated by the Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL). The airport underwent a major modernization and expansion program in the 2010s and 2020s, including a new passenger terminal, an expanded runway, and a new seaplane terminal to support the country's extensive seaplane network. It handles the vast majority of international arrivals to the Maldives, which is one of the world's leading luxury tourism destinations. Given that Malé is an island city, the airport sits on a separate island and is connected to the capital by a combination of speedboat ferries and the Sinamalé Bridge, which opened in 2018 and links Hulhulé Island to Malé.

Terminals

The airport features a main international passenger terminal along with a dedicated domestic terminal and one of the world's busiest seaplane terminals operated primarily by Trans Maldivian Airways.

Getting to & from

Passengers can reach Malé via the Sinamalé Bridge by road, speedboat ferry, or by using the airport's dedicated ferry terminal for connections to Male and resort islands.

Airlines here

Major airlines serving Velana include Emirates, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, SriLankan Airlines, IndiGo, and Maldivian (the national carrier), among others.

Notable facts

›The airport was renamed from Malé International Airport to Velana International Airport in 2017.
›Its runway at 3,200 meters is built partly on reclaimed land in the lagoon.
›The seaplane terminal at Velana is one of the busiest in the world, serving remote resort atolls.
›The Sinamalé Bridge, opened in 2018, provides the first fixed road link between Hulhulé Island and Malé.
›A new international terminal expansion project has been underway to significantly increase annual passenger capacity.

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Route map (29 destinations)

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Airlines serving this airport

Routes

MLE → TRVAI · 320

MLE → AUHAZ · 320

MLE → CMBBA · 777

MLE → LGWBA · 777

MLE → HKGCX · 333

MLE → CANCZ · 772

MLE → FRADE · 767

MLE → CMBEK · 773

MLE → DXBEK · 773 77W

MLE → HRIEY · 32S

MLE → AUHEY · 320

MLE → DWCFZ · 73H

MLE → PEKHU · 767

MLE → MXPIG · 767

MLE → HKGKA · 333

MLE → CMBKE · 333

MLE → PVGLV · 763

MLE → PEKLV · 763

MLE → KULMH · 738

MLE → CMBMH · 343 320

MLE → CMBMJ · 320 332 343

MLE → CMBMU · 737

MLE → BKKPG · 319

MLE → GANQ2 · DH3 320

MLE → KDOQ2 · DH2

MLE → MAAQ2 · 320

MLE → CMBQ2 · 320

MLE → KDMQ2 · DH2 DH3

MLE → DRVQ2 · DH3 DH2

MLE → FVMQ2 · DH2

MLE → GKKQ2 · DH2

MLE → TRVQ2 · DH8 320

MLE → DOHQR · 320

MLE → COKSG · DH8

MLE → SINSQ · 333

MLE → SVOSU · 333

MLE → CMBTK · 330

MLE → ISTTK · 330

MLE → SINTR · 320

MLE → CMBUL · 320 332 343

MLE → HRIUL · 320

MLE → VKOUN · 74E 767

MLE → CMBWY · 32C 343

MLE → MCTWY · 332 738

Aircraft operating here

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Encyclopaedia

Velana International Airport (VIA), also known as Malé-Velana International Airport is the main international airport in the Maldives. It is located on Hulhulé Island in Kaafu Atoll, nearby the capital island Malé. The airport is well connected with major airports around the world, mostly serving as the main gateway into the Maldives for tourists. It is managed financially and administratively by a state owned company known as Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL).

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