The Maldives Airports
Result Of Technological Development

Maldives is comfortably accessible through air. There are two types of Maldives airports - International Airports and Domestic Airports. People living abroad have to reach Maldives by International airport.

People from India and Sri Lanka can travel to Maldives through the Domestic airports.

Maldives International Airport

The Male international airport, Hulule serves as the main entry to and from the rest of the world. This is also the main airport in the Republic of Maldives, which serves all the international and domestic flights operating to and from their respective destinations.

This airport operates aero planes like Alitalia, Emirates Airlines, Sas Scandinavian Airlines, Qatar Airways, Czech Airlines, Singapore Airlines and Sri Lankan Airlines.

There are also regular flights to Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dubai [United Arab Emirates], Thiruvananthapuram [India] and Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia] to and from this Male airport of Maldives.

Domestic Maldives Airports

The regional airports or domestic airports of Maldives are Hanimadhoo Domestic airport, Gan Domestic Airport, Kadhdhoo Domestic Airport and Kaadedhdhoo Domestic Airport.

Following are further information about these Maldives airports:

• Hanimadhoo Domestic Airport - The length of the runaway of this airport is 4000 feet and the width is 100 feet. It can accommodate planes having maximum of 60 seats.
• Gan Domestic Airport - It was constructed by Royal Air Force of Great Britain. The runaway of this airport is about 8700 feet.
• Kadhdhoo Domestic Airport - The length of the runaway is 762m and width is 30m. It can accommodate short take-off and landing aircrafts.
• Kaadedhdhoo Domestic Airport - This airport is a great relief for the people living in Huvadhoo Atoll. The difficulties experienced by Atoll during bad weather are beyond imagination. This airport receives emergency aero planes, which have brought comfort to lots of people.