# Gan International Airport (GAN / VRMG)

**Gan International Airport** (IATA: GAN, ICAO: VRMG) is a large airport in Gan, Addu Atoll, Maldives. It opened in 2007. It has one runway, 3,658 m (12,000 ft) long, concrete. In 2016 it handled 153 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GAN / VRMG
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Gan, Addu Atoll, Maldives
- Opened: 2007
- Elevation: 2 m / 6 ft
- Coordinates: -0.6930, 73.1526
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,658 m / 12,000 ft
- Passengers: 152,740 (2016)
- Time zone: UTC+5 · Indian/Maldives
- Website: http://www.ganairport.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gan_International_Airport (23 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431353
- Weather station: VRMG · WMO 43599
- Ident: VRMG

## Timeline

- 2007: Gan International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 3,658 m / 12,000 ft | 50 m / 165 ft | Concrete | 099° / 279° | yes |

## Routes

5 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (5)

- [KDM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmt.md) Kaadedhdhoo Airport · Maldives · 132 km / 82 mi · Maldivian
- [GKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmo.md) Kooddoo Airport · Maldives · 162 km / 101 mi · Maldivian
- [MLE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmm.md) Velana International Airport · Maldives · 545 km / 339 mi · Maldivian
- [HDK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrbk.md) Kulhudhuffushi Airport · Maldives · 814 km / 506 mi · Maldivian
- [CMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcbi.md) Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport · Sri Lanka · 1,151 km / 715 mi · SriLankan Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- Q2 [Maldivian](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/maldivian) · 4
- UL [SriLankan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/srilankan-airlines) · 1

Former hub of [Air Equator](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-equator).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 153K (2016) | #1,653 of 3,974 | #541 in Asia |  |
| Longest runway | 3,658 m / 12,000 ft | =336 of 29,858 | =98 in Asia | #1 in MV |
| Elevation | 2 m / 6 ft | =42,960 of 43,403 | =3,175 in Asia | =5 in MV |
| Age | Opened 2007 | =12,369 of 15,079 | =621 in Asia | #4 in MV |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in MV |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | GAN TWR | 119.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [FVM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmf.md) Fuvahmulah Airport · 53 km / 33 mi
- [FMT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mv-0012.md) Faresmaathoda Airport · 99 km / 61 mi
- [RUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrqm.md) Maavaarulaa Airport · 121 km / 75 mi
- [KDM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmt.md) Kaadedhdhoo Airport · 132 km / 82 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: “Gan International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gan_International_Airport&oldid=1363051755), 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/vrmg/data