# Maavaarulaa Airport (RUL / VRQM)

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

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RUL / VRQM
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Maavaarulu, Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll, Maldives
- Opened: 11 Mar 2020
- Elevation: 9 m / 28 ft
- Coordinates: 0.3381, 73.5129
- Time zone: UTC+5 · Indian/Maldives
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maavarulu_Airport (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85303555
- Ident: VRQM

## Timeline

- 11 Mar 2020: Maavaarulaa Airport opens.

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [GKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmo.md) Kooddoo Airport · Maldives · 45 km / 28 mi · Maldivian
- [KDM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmt.md) Kaadedhdhoo Airport · Maldives · 60 km / 37 mi · Maldivian
- [GAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmg.md) Gan International Airport · Maldives · 121 km / 75 mi · Maldivian
- [MLE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmm.md) Velana International Airport · Maldives · 429 km / 267 mi · Maldivian

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- Q2 [Maldivian](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/maldivian) · 4

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 9 m / 28 ft | =40,699 of 43,403 | =2,814 in Asia | #2 in MV |
| Age | Opened 2020 | =13,925 of 15,079 | =785 in Asia | =8 in MV |

## Nearby airports

- [FMT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mv-0012.md) Faresmaathoda Airport · 39 km / 24 mi
- [GKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmo.md) Kooddoo Airport · 45 km / 28 mi
- [KDM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmt.md) Kaadedhdhoo Airport · 60 km / 37 mi
- [FVM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmf.md) Fuvahmulah Airport · 73 km / 45 mi
- [GAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmg.md) Gan International Airport · 121 km / 75 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Maavarulu Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maavarulu_Airport&oldid=1363055803), 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/vrqm/data