# Maafaru International Airport (NMF / VRDA)

**Maafaru International Airport** (IATA: NMF, ICAO: VRDA) is a medium airport in Noonu Atoll, Maldives. It has one runway, 2,850 m (9,350 ft) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrda

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NMF / VRDA
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Noonu Atoll, Maldives
- Elevation: 2 m / 6 ft
- Coordinates: 5.8174, 73.4684
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,850 m / 9,350 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5 · Indian/Maldives
- Website: http://www.maafaruairport.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maafaru_International_Airport (2 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67462952
- Weather station: VRDA
- Ident: VRDA

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 2,850 m / 9,350 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [IFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrei.md) Ifuru Airport · Maldives · 51 km / 32 mi · Maldivian
- [HAQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmh.md) Hanimaadhoo International Airport · Maldives · 108 km / 67 mi · Maldivian
- [MLE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmm.md) Velana International Airport · Maldives · 181 km / 112 mi · Maldivian

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from NMF, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- Q2 [Maldivian](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/maldivian) · 3

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,850 m / 9,350 ft | =1,551 of 29,858 | =442 in Asia | #3 in MV |
| Elevation | 2 m / 6 ft | =42,960 of 43,403 | =3,175 in Asia | =5 in MV |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in MV |

## Nearby airports

- [LMV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lmv.md) Madivaru Airport · 41 km / 26 mi
- [FND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fnd.md) Funadhoo Airport · 43 km / 27 mi
- [IFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrei.md) Ifuru Airport · 51 km / 31 mi
- [DRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmd.md) Dharavandhoo Airport · 83 km / 51 mi
- [HDK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrbk.md) Kulhudhuffushi Airport · 101 km / 63 mi
- [HAQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmh.md) Hanimaadhoo International Airport · 108 km / 67 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Maafaru International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maafaru_International_Airport&oldid=1363055720), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrda/data