# Velana International Airport (MLE / VRMM)

**Velana International Airport** (IATA: MLE, ICAO: VRMM) is a large airport in Malé, Malé (capital city), Maldives. It opened on 12 Apr 1966. It has one runway, 3,400 m (11,155 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MLE / VRMM
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Malé, Malé (capital city), Maldives
- Opened: 12 Apr 1966
- Elevation: 2 m / 6 ft
- Coordinates: 4.1918, 73.5291
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,400 m / 11,155 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5 · Indian/Maldives
- Website: https://macl.aero/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velana_International_Airport (34 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29104
- Weather station: VRMM · WMO 43555
- Ident: VRMM

## Timeline

- 12 Apr 1966: Velana International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 3,400 m / 11,155 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 179° / 359° | yes |

## Routes

62 destinations in 26 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (49)

- [VAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmv.md) Villa International Airport Maamigili · Maldives · 111 km / 69 mi · FlyMe
- [DRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmd.md) Dharavandhoo Airport · Maldives · 116 km / 72 mi · Maldivian, Manta Air
- [LMV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lmv.md) Madivaru Airport · Maldives · 142 km / 88 mi · Maldivian
- [MUM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mv-0013.md) Muli Airport · Maldives · 143 km / 89 mi · Maldivian
- [IFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrei.md) Ifuru Airport · Maldives · 178 km / 111 mi · Maldivian
- [NMF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrda.md) Maafaru International Airport · Maldives · 181 km / 112 mi · Maldivian
- [DDD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmu.md) Dhaalu Atoll Airport · Maldives · 184 km / 114 mi · Manta Air
- [FND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fnd.md) Funadhoo Airport · Maldives · 221 km / 137 mi · Maldivian
- [TMF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrnt.md) Thimarafushi Airport · Maldives · 224 km / 139 mi · Maldivian
- [KDO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmk.md) Kadhdhoo Airport · Maldives · 259 km / 161 mi · Maldivian
- [HDK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrbk.md) Kulhudhuffushi Airport · Maldives · 276 km / 171 mi · Maldivian
- [HAQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmh.md) Hanimaadhoo International Airport · Maldives · 287 km / 178 mi · Maldivian
- [HRF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrah.md) Hoarafushi Airport · Maldives · 317 km / 197 mi · Maldivian
- [GKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmo.md) Kooddoo Airport · Maldives · 385 km / 239 mi · Maldivian
- [KDM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmt.md) Kaadedhdhoo Airport · Maldives · 416 km / 258 mi · Maldivian
- [RUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrqm.md) Maavaarulaa Airport · Maldives · 429 km / 267 mi · Maldivian
- [GAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmg.md) Gan International Airport · Maldives · 545 km / 339 mi · Maldivian
- [TRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/votv.md) Thiruvananthapuram International Airport · India · 607 km / 377 mi · IndiGo, Maldivian
- [COK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/voci.md) Cochin International Airport · India · 734 km / 456 mi · IndiGo, Maldivian
- [CMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcbi.md) Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport · Sri Lanka · 778 km / 483 mi · flydubai, Chongqing Airlines, FitsAir, Gulf Air, SriLankan Airlines
- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 1,101 km / 684 mi · IndiGo
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 1,658 km / 1,030 mi · IndiGo
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 2,735 km / 1,699 mi · IndiGo
- [DAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vghs.md) Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport · Bangladesh · 2,837 km / 1,763 mi · US-Bangla Airlines
- [AUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omaa.md) Zayed International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,025 km / 1,880 mi · Etihad Airways
- [DWC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdw.md) Al Maktoum International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,026 km / 1,880 mi · BeOnd
- [SHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj.md) Sharjah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,037 km / 1,887 mi · Air Arabia
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,040 km / 1,889 mi · flydubai, Emirates
- [KUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkk.md) Kuala Lumpur International Airport · Malaysia · 3,132 km / 1,946 mi · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia, Batik Air Malaysia
- [DMK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbd.md) Don Mueang International Airport · Thailand · 3,160 km / 1,964 mi · Thai AirAsia
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 3,312 km / 2,058 mi · Qatar Airways
- [SIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wsss.md) Singapore Changi Airport · Singapore · 3,398 km / 2,111 mi · Singapore Airlines
- [BAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/obbi.md) Bahrain International Airport · Bahrain · 3,458 km / 2,149 mi · Gulf Air
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 3,681 km / 2,287 mi · Flynas, Saudia
- [KMG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zppp.md) Kunming Changshui International Airport · China · 3,908 km / 2,428 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [TAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttt.md) Tashkent International Airport · Uzbekistan · 4,143 km / 2,574 mi · Centrum Air
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 4,184 km / 2,600 mi · Saudia
- [TFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zutf.md) Chengdu Tianfu International Airport · China · 4,353 km / 2,705 mi · Sichuan Airlines
- [RSI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rsi.md) Red Sea International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 4,556 km / 2,831 mi · BeOnd
- [GYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ubbb.md) Heydar Aliyev International Airport · Azerbaijan · 4,669 km / 2,901 mi · Azerbaijan Airlines
- [HKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vhhh.md) Hong Kong International Airport · Hong Kong SAR China · 4,789 km / 2,976 mi · Greater Bay Airlines
- [OVB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unnt.md) Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport · Russia · 5,711 km / 3,549 mi · S7 Airlines
- [PVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zspd.md) Shanghai Pudong International Airport · China · 5,861 km / 3,642 mi · China Eastern Airlines
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 6,065 km / 3,769 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [MUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddm.md) Munich Airport · Germany · 7,604 km / 4,725 mi · BeOnd
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 7,735 km / 4,806 mi · BeOnd
- [ZRH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszh.md) Zürich Airport · Switzerland · 7,804 km / 4,849 mi · BeOnd, Edelweiss Air
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 7,885 km / 4,900 mi · Discover Airlines
- [LHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egll.md) London Heathrow Airport · United Kingdom · 8,539 km / 5,306 mi · British Airways

### Seasonal (12)

- [CMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcbi.md) Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport · Sri Lanka · 778 km / 483 mi · French Bee
- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 1,545 km / 960 mi · IndiGo
- [BKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbs.md) Suvarnabhumi Airport · Thailand · 3,166 km / 1,967 mi · Maldivian
- [ALA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaaa.md) Almaty International Airport · Kazakhstan · 4,368 km / 2,714 mi · Air Astana
- [HKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vhhh.md) Hong Kong International Airport · Hong Kong SAR China · 4,789 km / 2,976 mi · Hong Kong Airlines
- [SZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgsz.md) Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport · China · 4,790 km / 2,976 mi · Maldivian
- [XIY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlxy.md) Xi'an Xianyang International Airport · China · 4,949 km / 3,075 mi · Maldivian
- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 7,344 km / 4,563 mi · ITA Airways, Neos
- [VRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipx.md) Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport · Italy · 7,566 km / 4,701 mi · Neos
- [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 8,276 km / 5,142 mi · Air France
- [ORY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpo.md) Paris-Orly Airport · France · 8,284 km / 5,147 mi · French Bee
- [LHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egll.md) London Heathrow Airport · United Kingdom · 8,539 km / 5,306 mi · Virgin Atlantic

### Seasonal charter (4)

- [NQZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uacc.md) Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport · Kazakhstan · 5,211 km / 3,238 mi · Air Astana
- [WAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwa.md) Warsaw Chopin Airport · Poland · 7,178 km / 4,460 mi · LOT Polish Airlines, Neos
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 7,504 km / 4,663 mi · Neos
- [MEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymml.md) Melbourne Airport · Australia · 8,671 km / 5,388 mi · Maldivian

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (2)

- Q2 [Maldivian](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/maldivian) · 21
- M8 [Trans Maldivian Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/trans-maldivian-airways)

### Passenger (39)

- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 6
- [BeOnd](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/beond) · 5
- NO [Neos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/neos) · 4 · seasonal
- KC [Air Astana](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-astana) · 2 · seasonal
- MU [China Eastern Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-eastern-airlines) · 2
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 2
- BF [French Bee](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/french-bee) · 2 · seasonal
- GF [Gulf Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gulf-air) · 2
- MAV [Manta Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/manta-air) · 2
- SV [Saudia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saudia) · 2
- G9 [Air Arabia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-arabia) · 1
- AF [Air France](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-france) · 1 · seasonal
- AK [AirAsia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airasia) · 1
- J2 [Azerbaijan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azerbaijan-airlines) · 1
- OD [Batik Air Malaysia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/batik-air-malaysia) · 1
- BA [British Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/british-airways) · 1
- C6 [Centrum Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/centrum-air) · 1
- OQ [Chongqing Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chongqing-airlines) · 1
- 4Y [Discover Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/discover-airlines) · 1
- WK [Edelweiss Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/edelweiss-air) · 1
- EK [Emirates](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/emirates) · 1
- EY [Etihad Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/etihad-airways) · 1
- 8D [FitsAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fitsair) · 1
- VP [FlyMe](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyme) · 1
- XY [Flynas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flynas) · 1
- [Greater Bay Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/greater-bay-airlines) · 1
- HX [Hong Kong Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hong-kong-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- AZ [ITA Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ita-airways) · 1 · seasonal
- LO [LOT Polish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lot-polish-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter
- MH [Malaysia Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/malaysia-airlines) · 1
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 1
- S7 [S7 Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/s7-airlines) · 1
- 3U [Sichuan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sichuan-airlines) · 1
- SQ [Singapore Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/singapore-airlines) · 1
- UL [SriLankan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/srilankan-airlines) · 1
- FD [Thai AirAsia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/thai-airasia) · 1
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1
- BS [US-Bangla Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/us-bangla-airlines) · 1
- VS [Virgin Atlantic](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/virgin-atlantic) · 1 · seasonal

Former hub of [Air Maldives](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-maldives), [Maldives Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/maldives-airways), [Mega Maldives](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mega-maldives).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,400 m / 11,155 ft | =585 of 29,858 | =170 in Asia | #2 in MV |
| Elevation | 2 m / 6 ft | =42,960 of 43,403 | =3,175 in Asia | =5 in MV |
| Age | Opened 1966 | =5,606 of 15,079 | =313 in Asia | #1 in MV |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in MV |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 119.700 |
| GND | GND | 121.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [VAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmv.md) Villa International Airport Maamigili · 111 km / 69 mi
- [DRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmd.md) Dharavandhoo Airport · 116 km / 72 mi
- [LMV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lmv.md) Madivaru Airport · 142 km / 88 mi
- [MUM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mv-0013.md) Muli Airport · 143 km / 89 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: “Velana International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Velana_International_Airport&oldid=1376796966), revision of 26 Sep 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/vrmm/data