Kooddoo Airport is a
domestic airport
A domestic airport is an airport that handles only flights within the same country. Domestic airports do not have customs and immigration facilities and so cannot handle flights to or from a foreign airport.
These airports often have short r ...
. It is located on the island of
Kooddoo in
Gaafu Alifu Atoll in the
Maldives
The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in South Asia located in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives is southwest of Sri Lanka and India, abou ...
. It was opened on 10 September 2012 by President
Mohamed Waheed Hassan
Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik (; born 3 January 1953) is a Maldivian politician who served as president of the Maldives from 7 February 2012 to 17 November 2013, having succeeded to the office following the resignation of President Mohamed Nashe ...
.
History
The Airport was constructed by Bonavista (Maldives) Pvt Ltd in 2012 and was opened by president
Mohamed Waheed Hassan
Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik (; born 3 January 1953) is a Maldivian politician who served as president of the Maldives from 7 February 2012 to 17 November 2013, having succeeded to the office following the resignation of President Mohamed Nashe ...
.
It was later renovated in 2017 by Pristine Island Investment and was opened by president
Abdulla Yameen
Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom (; born 21 May 1959) is a Maldivian politician who served as president of the Maldives from 2013 to 2018.
Yameen was elected president in the 2013 presidential election as the candidate of the Progressive Party (P ...
, which included a new new VIP lounge and two staff accommodation blocks.
In 2024, the
Maldivian airline halted flights to the airport after the airport's runway damaged two of the wings of a plane. The Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation
Mohamed Ameen
Sumuvvul Ameer Mohamed Amin Dhoshimeynaa Kilegefaanu (; 20 July 1910 – 19 January 1954), popularly known as Mohamed Amin Didi, was a Maldivian politician who served as the first president of the Maldives and as the head of government
...
, has said that the operator, Pristine Island Maldives, will renovate the runway as well as the apron.
Airlines and destinations
See also
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List of airports in the Maldives
*
List of airlines of the Maldives
References
External links
Aeronautical chartat SkyVector
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Airports in the Maldives
Airports established in 2012