Kadhdhoo Airport ( dv, ކައްދޫ އެއަރޕޯޓް) is a domestic
airport
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located on the island of
Kadhdhoo
Kadhdhoo or Kaddhoo, Kahdhoo (according to the Admiralty Charts) (Dhivehi: ކައްދޫ އެއަރޕޯޓް) is one of the inhabited islands of Haddummati Atoll, administrative code Laamu.
Geography
The island is south of the country's capital, ...
in
Laamu Atoll,
Maldives
Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...
.
The airport is northeast of
Fonadhoo
Fonadhoo ( Dhivehi: ފޮނަދޫ) is the capital island in Laamu atoll of the Maldives.
The island has three villages: Barasil (northernmost), Medhuavah (in the middle) and Kurigam (southernmost). The population of the island was around 2000 in ...
.
History
Excavation for the runway began on 11 January 1982, and the final layer of the runway was completed on 6 April 1986.
The project was initiated under the Government's budget alone, additional financial assistance was received from outside, notably from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ Fund (OPEC Fund). The length of the runway at Kadhdhoo airport was 762 meters long and 30 m wide.
When the Maldivian president Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom assumed office in 1978, some of the most pressing problems faced by the country were the immense difficulty involved in traveling between Malé and the outlying islands and the adverse effects in the Maldivian fishing industry due to illegal entry of foreign fishing vessels into the Maldivian territorial waters.
Kadhdhoo is situated halfway between the airport of Malé and Gan.
Facilities
The airport resides at an
elevation
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of above
mean sea level
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. It has one
runway
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designated 03/21 with a
bituminous
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surface measuring .
Airport apron is 105 m x 22 m. Short take-off and landing aircraft whose maximum weight does not exceed 5700 kg can be accommodated.
Airlines and destinations
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Airports in the Maldives
Airports established in 1986