Maavaarulaa Airport

ICAO VRQM0.3381°N 73.5129°E9 m / 28 ftSmall airport

Maavaarulaa Airport (IATA: RUL, ICAO: VRQM) is a small airport in Maavaarulu, Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll, Maldives. It opened on 11 Mar 2020.

Timeline

1 event · 2020–2020

11 MAR 2020

OpenedMaavaarulaa Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

Routes

4 destinations · 1 country

Year-round4

GKKKooddoo AirportMaldives · Maldivian45 km28 mi KDMKaadedhdhoo AirportMaldives · Maldivian60 km37 mi GANGan International AirportMaldives · Maldivian121 km75 mi MLEVelana International AirportMaldives · Maldivian429 km267 mi

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from RUL. From the Wikipedia article “Maavarulu Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Airlines

1 airline · destinations from RUL

Passenger1

Q2Maldivian4

Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from RUL. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · country

Elevation9 m28 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,699of 43,403 · =2,814 Asia · #2 MV AgeOpened 20202026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=13,925of 15,079 · =785 Asia · =8 MV

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record