Gan International Airport

Gan International Airport (IATA: GAN, ICAO: VRMG) is located on the island of Gan in Addu Atoll (previously known as Seenu Atoll) in the Maldives. As of June 2019, it is one of three international airports in the Maldives. First built by the Royal Navy, and transferred to the Royal Air Force as RAF Gan, it was a military airbase used during World War II and until 1976. The first aircraft landed on the coral runway of Gan on 8th February 1943. To promote tourism and other economic activity in the south a new venture was formed early in 2012 to further develop and expand GIA. A joint venture was formed between GACL, MACL and State Trading Organization Plc (STO). The new venture is Addu International Airport Pvt Ltd (AIA). Gan International Airport is now owned and managed by Addu International Airport Pvt Ltd. As of 2020 70% of AIA is held by the government of Maldives & 30% by KASA Holdings Pvt Ltd.

The Airport is capable of accommodating ICAO code 4E aircraft. The airport lies at an elevation of 6 feet (2 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 10/28 with a concrete surface measuring 3,400 by 60 metres (11,155 ft × 197 ft). As of February 2019, the only foreign operator to Gan is SriLankan Airlines, using Airbus A320 aircraft.