Malé International Airport
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| Malé International Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: MLE - ICAO: VRMM | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Maldives Airports Company Ltd. | ||
| Serves | Hulhulé Island | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 6 ft (2 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 18/36 | 10,499 | 3,200 | Asphalt |
Malé International Airport (IATA: MLE, ICAO: VRMM), formerly known as Hulhulé Airport, is the main international airport in the Maldives. It is located on Hulhulé Island in the North Malé Atoll, near the capital island Malé.
Malé was the Maldives' only international airport until the upgrading of Gan to international standard. Though the upgrading of Gan International Airport has been completed regular international flight operations have yet to commence.
The airport opened on April 12, 1966 and was officially inaugurated under its new name on November 11, 1981. It is managed financially and administratively by an independent corporate entity known as Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL), which is governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the President.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Air Seychelles (Mahe)
- Austrian Airlines (Colombo, Vienna)
- Bangkok Airways (Bangkok) (starts Nov 30, 2006)
- Blue Panorama Airlines (Colombo, Milan-Malpensa)
- Condor Airlines (Frankfurt, Munich)
- Emirates (Colombo, Dubai)
- Eurofly (Milan-Malpensa)
- Indian Airlines (Bangalore, Trivandrum)
- Island Aviation Services
- Livingston (Milan-Malpensa)
- LTU International (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich)
- Malaysia Airlines (Colombo, Kuala Lumpur)
- Maldivian Air Taxi
- Martinair (Amsterdam)
- Neos (Milan-Malpensa)
- Qatar Airways (Doha)
- Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
- SriLankan Airlines (Colombo, London-Heathrow, Tokyo-Narita)
- Transaero (Moscow-Domodedovo)
- Trans Maldivian Airways
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Malé International Airport (official site)
- World Aero Data airport information for VRMM
- Map from Multimap
- Satellite image from TerraServer
