Velana International Airport (IATA: MLE, ICAO: VRMM) (Dhivehi: ވެލާނާ ބައިނަލްއަޤުވާމީ ވައިގެ ބަނދަރު), also known as Malé International Airport, previously known as Ibrahim Nasir International Airport, is the main international airport in the Maldives. It is located on Hulhulé Island in the North Malé Atoll, nearby the capital island Malé. Today, the airport is well connected with major airports around the world, mostly serving as the main gateway into the Maldives for tourists. It is managed financially and administratively by an independent corporate entity known as Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL). The airport first started out as a small strip of land on the then inhabited island of Hulhulé. Hulhulé Airport was opened on 19 October 1960. The first runway built on Hulhulé Island was made of slotted steel sheets. The dimensions of this runway were 75 ft × 3,000 ft (23 m × 914 m). The first aircraft which landed at the airport was a Royal New Zealand Air Force Transport plane on 19 October 1960 at 1355hrs. The first commercial flight was an Air Ceylon flight (4R0ACJ) landed on this runway was at 15:50 on 10 April 1962. The first aircraft owned by the Maldives landed on the runway of the Hulhulé Airport on 9 October 1974. In May 1964 the government and the people of Malé worked together to construct a new asphalt runway. The four districts of Malé competed for the prize money of 1,000 rufiyaa, awarded to the fastest district. On the first day 108 volunteers were enlisted for the project and 1,563.08 rufiyaa was donated. The new runway was opened on 12 April 1966 at 16:00 by President Ibrahim Nasir. When the tourism boom in the Maldives began in 1972, the country was in need of an international standard airport to transport international tourists to the resort islands. So, on 11 November 1981, the airport was officially inaugurated under a new name of "Malé International Airport". Maldives Airports Company Ltd (MACL) was formed on 1 January 1994 to operate and manage the Male' International Airport. MACL is governed by the board of directors appointed by the President of the Maldives. In 2010, the Nasheed administration appointed IFC to run a bidding process for the privatisation of the airport. The bid was won by a consortium between GMR Group and Malaysia Airports who provided Rufiyaa 1 Billion as upfront fee to the government for the expansion and modernisation of the airport by 2014, and its operation for 25 years. By the end of the year, MACL officially handed over the aerodrome license of the airport to the newly formed GMR Malé International Airport Ltd (GMIAL). GMIAL announced that the development plans included reclaiming more land at the eastern end of the runway; where a new terminal is to be built. This terminal would consist of 3 separate bridged buildings. Plans for a separate cargo terminal was also announced. However, the project faced numerous delays. On 26 July 2011, Malé International Airport was officially renamed as the Ibrahim Nasir International Airport in memory of Ibrahim Nasir, the 2nd President of the Maldives and the founder of the airport. In late 2012, the new government of Maldives under the Waheed administration declared that the concession agreement was void ab initio and on 27 November 2012 gave GMIAL a deadline of 7 days to 'evict the airport', a decision which drew mass protests from the government's opposition, as well as criticism from the government and media of India. On 7 December, GMR handed over the airport to the government, and MACL was reinstated as the operator. On 1 January 2017, the airport was rebranded as Velana International Airport, referring to the family house name of President Ibrahim Nasir. The rebranding is part of a strategic plan in aligning the airport with the economic vision of the Yameen administration. On 18 September 2018, the airport opened a new runway.
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That Was The Airport Information And History, So We have Listed Out The Following Features Of This Airport:
Complete Rewrite And Replicate Of Velana International Airport in Male', Maldives as of 2020
SODE-Driven Windsocks And Lightning (SODE Jetways And Docking Systems to Be Included After The Opening of New Terminal in 30th January 2022 By March 2022 Update)
Complete Support for GSX + L2 Expansion (GSX Level 2 Jetways Coming on March 2022 Update) & UGCX
Sinamale' Bridge, Highway At Hulhule' Island Featured
Complete Scenery of Capital City, Male', Hulhumale' And Islands Surrounding The Airport (See The Screenshot Below)
AFD File for Traffic Addons Such As Ultimate Traffic Live, etc....
Realistic Photoreal Scenery of Male', Hulhule Island', Hulhumale' and Nearby Islands
Includes Seaplane Base (VRMS) For Seaplanes (Both Maldivian Seaplane And Trans Maldivian Airways), Ideal for Seaplane Pilots
SWS Live scenery fully supported
Airport Objects With Details (ULDs, Luggage Carts, etc....)
Ships
Dynamic Lighting (P3Dv4 & v5 Only)
Main Runway (To be replaced by Code-F Runway, a.k.a. New Runway)
PBR (P3Dv4.4 And Above Only, Including P3Dv4.5 & V5)
Ground Effects (Rain, Puddles, Wet Surface)
Compatible With Known Addons Such As FTX Series, UTX, etc....
New Apron for Airbus A380, 747, 777X (Opened By 30th July 2019)
New Terminal (Under Construction, To Be Done By 30th January 2022)
Radar Towers, ILS for 2 Runways, Firefighting Buildings, New Seaplane Terminal, VIP/CIP Terminal, etc.... (Do Note That Firefighting Buildings, New Seaplane Terminal, VIP/CIP Terminal, etc..., Are Under Construction)
Traffic Surrounding Male', Hulhule' Island, Hulhumale' (Cars, Motorcycles With Helmets, Vans, Buses [Single And Double Deck], Airport Buses, Trucks, Lorries, Other Vehicles, etc....)
Compatible With Any Aircraft Addons (Such As From Aerosoft, PMDG, QualityWings, BlackBox Simulations, Captain Sim, Majestic Software, Etc...), Weather Addons (Such As REX, Hifi Simulations, Etc..), Traffic Addons (Such As MyTraffic, Traffic 360, Traffic Live, UTLive, Etc..), ATC Addons (Such As Pro-ATC X, VoxATC, Etc...)
Animated Vehicles
That's The Features. It's Long but We Could Expect The Release By 2020. It Is Best that We Should Start The Project Within Few Months, yet We Should Start The Project Soon. Here's The Screenshot.
ok, great work - I was worried for a moment because your list of features looked quite impressive. We hope we can fulfill those demands but we'll definitely try. 