Velana International Airport
Velana International Airport, also known as Malé-Velana International Airport is the main international airport in the Maldives. It is located on Hulhulé Island in the southern Malé Atoll, nearby the capital island Malé.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: main international airport in the Maldives, located on Hulhulé Island in the North Malé Atoll, nearby the capital island Malé
- Also known as: “Hulhule Airport”, “Hulhulé Airport”, “Male”, “Malé Airport”, “Male International Airport”, “MLE”, “VIA”, and “VRMM”
- Historically known as: “Ibrahim Nasir International Airport” and “Malé International Airport”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dhoonidhoo and National Football Stadium.
Dhoonidhoo
Islet
Photo: Charlie youg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kaafu Atoll is the code name given to an administrative division in the Republic of Maldives which consists of the geographical atolls of Kaashidhoo Island, Gaafaru, North Malé Atoll and South Malé Atoll.
National Football Stadium
Stadium
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The National Football Stadium, also known as the Galolhu Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Malé, Maldives. It is used mostly for football matches of the Dhivehi Premier League, the Maldives FA Cup, the Maldivian FA Charity Shield, the President's Cup, the FAM Women's Football Championship, and national teams.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hulhumale and Malé.
Hulhumale
Town
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Malé, pronounced Maa-leh, is the capital of Maldives. The city occupies the entire islet of Malé at the southern rim of North Malé Atoll. Malé is occasionally dismissed by travellers as a mere transit point with "nothing to do", and it is indeed not a party place.
Malé
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Malé, pronounced Maa-leh, is the capital of Maldives. The city occupies the entire islet of Malé at the southern rim of North Malé Atoll. Malé is occasionally dismissed by travellers as a mere transit point with "nothing to do", and it is indeed not a party place.
Velana International Airport
- Categories: international airport, airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Kaafu, Maldives, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
4.19623° or 4° 11′ 46″ northLongitude
73.53045° or 73° 31′ 50″ eastElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Operator
Maldives Airports Company Ltd.IATA airport code
MLEICAO airport code
VRMMOpen location code
6JPM5GWJ+F5OpenStreetMap ID
way 747440857OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeGeoNames ID
6301875Wikidata ID
Q29104
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Velana International Airport” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Velana Internasionale Lughawe”
- Arabic: “مطار فيلانا الدولي”
- Asturian: “Aeropuertu Internacional de Malé”
- Bengali: “ভেলানা আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর”
- Cebuano: “Malé International Airport”
- Chinese: “易卜拉欣·納西爾國際機場”
- Chinese: “易卜拉欣納西爾國際機場”
- Chinese: “维拉纳国际机场”
- Chinese: “馬累國際機場”
- Chinese: “马累国际机场”
- Czech: “Letiště Male”
- Czech: “Mezinárodní letiště Male”
- Dhivehi: “އިބްރާހިމް ނާސިރު ބައިނަލްއަޤުވާމީ ވައިގެ ބަނދަރު”
- Dhivehi: “ވެލާނާ ބައިނަލްއަޤުވާމީ ވައިގެ ބަނދަރު”
- Dutch: “Male International Airport”
- Dutch: “Malé International Airport”
- Estonian: “Hulhule lennujaam”
- Estonian: “Hulhulé lennujaam”
- Estonian: “Ibrahim Nasiri lennujaam”
- Estonian: “Male lennujaam”
- Estonian: “Male rahvusvaheline lennujaam”
- Estonian: “Malé rahvusvaheline lennujaam”
- Estonian: “Velana rahvusvaheline lennujaam”
- Finnish: “Malén kansainvälinen lentoasema”
- Finnish: “Velanan kansainvälinen lentoasema”
- French: “aéroport international de Malé”
- French: “Aéroport international de Malé”
- French: “Aéroport international Velana”
- French: “MLE”
- French: “VRMM”
- German: “Flughafen Malé International”
- German: “Flughafen Malé”
- German: “Hulhule Airport”
- German: “Malé International Airport”
- German: “MLE”
- German: “VRMM”
- Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבין-לאומי ולנה”
- Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי ולנה”
- Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Ibrahim Nasir”
- Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Malé”
- Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Velana”
- Indonesian: “Bandara Internasional Ibrahim Nasir”
- Indonesian: “Bandara Internasional Malé”
- Indonesian: “MLE”
- Indonesian: “VRMM”
- Italian: “Aeroporto Hulhulè”
- Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale di Malé”
- Italian: “aeroporto internazionale Ibrahim Nasir”
- Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale Velana”
- Italian: “Aeroporto Malé International di Hulhulé Island”
- Italian: “Malé International Airport”
- Italian: “Velana International Airport”
- Japanese: “VRMM”
- Japanese: “ヴェラナ国際空港”
- Japanese: “マレ国際空港”
- Korean: “말레 국제공항”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Male”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Velana”
- Minangkabau: “Palabuahan udaro Internasional Velana”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ibrahim Nasir internasjonale lufthavn”
- Norwegian: “Ibrahim Nasir internasjonale lufthavn”
- Norwegian: “Velana internasjonale lufthavn”
- Persian: “فرودگاه بینالمللی ابراهیم نصیر”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Male”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Malé”
- Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional de Malé”
- Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional Ibrahim Nasir”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Velana”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Velana”
- Russian: “Мале”
- Russian: “Международный аэропорт имени Ибрагима Насира”
- Russian: “Международный аэропорт Мале”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Male”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Malé”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto Hulhule”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto Hulhulé”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto Ibrahim Nasir”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Male”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Malé”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional Ibrahim Nasir”
- Swedish: “Malé International Airport”
- Swedish: “Malés internationella flygplats”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Байналмиллалии Иброҳим Носир”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи биналмилалӣ оброҳим насер”
- Thai: “ท่าอากาศยานนานาชาติเวลานา”
- Thai: “ท่าอากาศยานนานาชาติอิบราฮิม นาเซอร์”
- Turkish: “Velana Uluslararası Havalimanı”
- Uzbek: “Velana xalqaro aeroporti”
- Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Ibrahim Nasir”
- Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Malé”
- Welsh: “Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Velana”
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