Velana International Airport
The runways, from navdata. Drawn to scale from each threshold's position, true heading, length and width, with north up; the idents sit beyond each threshold.
2 shared touchdowns. Each dot sits where it was measured: its distance from the threshold and its offset from the centerline.
Runway 36 is favoured now, by the live wind.
Live conditions.
The airport's latest weather report, day there now.
- Wind
- 360°5 kt
- Visibility
- 3.73 SM / 6.0 km
- Temperature
- 30°C86°F, dew point 26°C
- Altimeter
- 1013hPa29.91 inHg
- Time now
- 02:43UTC
- Sunrise
- 00:50UTC
- Sunset
- 12:48UTC
Runway 36 is favoured: 5.0 kt of headwind with the wind from 360° at 5 kt.
The METAR and TAF as issued
METAR VRMM 030200Z 36005KT 6000 FEW018 BKN130 30/26 Q1013 NOSIG
TAF VRMM 022300Z 0300/0406 35005KT 6000 FEW018 TEMPO 0300/0306 5000 SHRA FEW018CB
Updated just now
Runways.
2 runway ends, the longest 3,400 m / 11,155 ft. Headings in true and magnetic degrees.
| End | True | Magnetic | Length | Width | Surface | ILS | Glide | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 179° | 182° | 3,400 m / 11,155 ft | 60 m | Asphalt | None | None | displaced 100 m / 328 ft |
| 36 | 359° | 002° | 3,400 m / 11,155 ft | 60 m | Asphalt | None | None | displaced 290 m / 951 ft |
Landings here.
From the landings of pilots who made their profile public, and only the ones that count toward a grade.
The latest.
- BA350-1000 (No Cabin)Runway 18, 247 fpmPilot ZBS53S
- BFSLabs A321-251NX - Qatar Airways (A7-AJB)Runway 18, 192 fpmPilot ZBS53S
The best here.
No pilot who opted in to the leaderboards has landed here yet.
For reference.
Quick facts
- ICAO and IATA
- VRMM, MLE
- Type
- Large airport
- Location
- Malé, Malé (capital city), Maldives
- Coordinates
- 4.19183, 73.529099
- Elevation
- 6 ft (2 m)
- Mag variation
- -3.35° W (per chart)
- Runways
- 2 ends, longest 3,400 m / 11,155 ft
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Approach
- Approach
- 119.700
Ground
- Ground
- 121.600
Tower
- Tower
- 118.100
Navaids
| Ident | Name | Type | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| ML | Male | NDB | 252 kHz |
| MLE | Male | VOR-DME | 114.70 MHz |
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