Malé International Airport

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Malé International Airport
IATA: MLE - ICAO: VRMM
Summary <tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Airport type</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">Public</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Operator</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">Maldives Airports Company Ltd.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Serves</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">Hulhulé Island</td></tr>
Elevation AMSL		6 ft (2 m)
Coordinates		4°11′30.6″N, 73°31′44.86″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
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.