GANVRMG

Gan International Airport

Gan, Maldives · Asia

Asia Indian/Maldives

6direct destinations

2airlines

1runway

3,658 mLongest runway

2007opened

Gan International Airport (GIA) (IATA: GAN, ICAO: VRMG) is an international airport located on the island of Gan in Addu Atoll (sometimes known as Seenu Atoll) in the island nation of the Maldives. As of June 2024, it is one of five international airports in the Maldives.

Location

0.693°S, 73.153°E · 2 m s. n. m. (6 ft)

General data

CountryMaldives

CityGan

IATA codeGAN

ICAO codeVRMG

Coordinates0.693°S, 73.153°E

Elevation2 m s. n. m. (6 ft)

Time zoneIndian/Maldives

Runways1

Longest runway3,658 m

Opened2007

Direct destinations6

Official website

Runways · 1

10/28

Length3,658 m12,001 ft

Width50 m164 ft

SurfaceConcrete

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 1

Tower

119.100GAN TWR

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

History

First built by the Royal Navy (RN) for its Fleet Air Arm (FAA), it was subsequently transferred to the Royal Air Force (RAF), becoming Royal Air Force Station Gan or RAF Gan. It was a British military airbase until 1976, used as a staging post for RAF aircraft flying to the Far East during World War II. The first aircraft, an RAF Westland Walrus biplane, landed on the crushed coral runway of Gan on 8 February 1943. In 1976, the RAF left Gan, having no further need for its facilities, and handed it over to the Maldives government. The island and airfield was left to fall into disrepair for many years. Funding was subsequently found to develop the island, and RAF Gan became a civilian domestic airport.

Airlines operating here · 2

Other airlines with direct routes

Maldivian SriLankan Airlines

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: ╚ DD╔ from Male, Maldives · CC BY-SA 2.0 · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Gan International Airport (GAN). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/GAN

MLA

“Gan International Airport (GAN).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/GAN. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Gan International Airport (GAN).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/GAN.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Gan International Airport (GAN). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/GAN (Accessed: 17 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_gan,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Gan International Airport (GAN)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/GAN},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/GAN}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}

Wikipedia

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