VRMM IATA MLE Large Airport

Airport record

Velana International Airport

Malé, Malé (capital city), Maldives

Scheduled service reported
WGS 84 position 4.19183°, 73.52910° Open map
FIELD ELEVATION 6 ft MSL

2 metres

REPORTED OPEN RUNWAYS 1

1 reported lighted

LONGEST REPORTED 11,155 ft

3,400 metres · 18/36

PUBLISHED COMMS 3

Source records

Runway geometry

Reported runway surfaces

TRUE headings
Runway Dimensions Surface Heading (true) Lighting Status
18/36 11,155 × 197 ft3,400 × 60 m Asphalt 179.0° / 359.0° north–south Reported lighted Reported open

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Runway ends

Published end data

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Runway-end identifiers, parent runways, true headings, elevations, displaced thresholds, and published coordinates
End Runway True heading End elevation Displaced threshold Coordinates
18 LE · low-numbered end 18/36 Reported open 179.0°T 6 ft MSL2 m 328 ft100 m 4.21257°, 73.53101° Open end map ↗
36 HE · high-numbered end 18/36 Reported open 359.0°T 5 ft MSL2 m 952 ft290 m 4.18186°, 73.53104° Open end map ↗

Communications

Published frequencies

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TypeFrequencyDescription
APP 119.700 MHz APP
GND 121.600 MHz GND
TWR 118.100 MHz TWR

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Nearby airports

All in Maldives
CodeAirportDistance & bearingLongest runway
VRMG Gan International AirportGan 294 NM545 km · S · 184° true 12,000 ft
VOTV Thiruvananthapuram International AirportThiruvananthapuram 328 NM607 km · NE · 38° true 11,148 ft
VOCI Cochin International AirportKochi 397 NM734 km · NE · 25° true 11,155 ft
VOBL Kempegowda International Airport BengaluruBengaluru 595 NM1,101 km · NE · 24° true 13,123 ft
VOMM Chennai International AirportChennai 659 NM1,220 km · NE · 36° true 12,001 ft
VOTP Tirupati International AirportTirupati 669 NM1,240 km · NE · 32° true 12,500 ft

Source & provenance

Data source

Airport, runway, and frequency records come from the OurAirports Public Domain dataset snapshot dated . Missing values remain missing; Runway Almanac does not invent them.