Kooddoo Airport
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{{Infobox airport
| name = Kooddoo Airport
| nativename-a = ކޫއްޑޫ އެއަރޕޯޓް
| image = GKK Airport 20130908.JPG
| caption =
| IATA = GKK
| ICAO = VRMO
| type = Public
| city-served = Huvadhu Atoll, Maldives
| location = Kooddoo, Gaafu Alifu Atoll
| elevation-f =
| website =
| coordinates = {{coord|00|43|51|N|073|25|59|E|region:MV|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Maldives
| pushpin_relief = yes
| pushpin_mapsize = 105
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maldives
| pushpin_label = GKK
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number =
| r1-length-m =
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| footnotes = Source:{{GCM|VRMO|Kooddoo Island, Gaafu Alifu Atoll, Maldives (ICAO: VRMO, IATA: GKK)}}
| owner-oper = Pristine Island Investment
}}
Kooddoo Airport {{Airport codes|GKK
{{cite web
| title = IATA Airport Code Search (GKK: Kooddoo Island)
| url = http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/code-search.aspx
| publisher = International Air Transport Association
| accessdate = 6 September 2013
}}
|VRMO}} is a domestic airport. It is located on the island of Kooddoo in Gaafu Alifu Atoll in the Maldives. It was opened on 10 September 2012 by President Mohamed Waheed Hassan.{{cite news | url = http://www.haveeru.com.mv/kooddoo_airport/44467 | title = Kooddoo airport constructed in just seven months opened | work = Haveeru Daily | date = 10 September 2012 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140407101516/http://www.haveeru.com.mv/kooddoo_airport/44467 | archivedate = 7 April 2014 }}{{cite news |date=10 September 2012 |title=Festive ceremony marks opening of Kooddoo Airport |url=https://english.sun.mv/5626 |access-date=25 October 2024 |work=Sun}}{{cite news |last=Lubbock |first=Hazel |date=10 September 2012 |title=A step closer to paradise |url=http://www.cntraveller.com/news/2012/september/kooddoo-airport-gaafu-alifu-atoll-maldives |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001003820/https://www.cntraveller.com/news/2012/september/kooddoo-airport-gaafu-alifu-atoll-maldives |archive-date=1 October 2012 |work=Condé Nast Traveller}}
History
The Airport was constructed by Bonavista (Maldives) Pvt Ltd in 2012 and was opened by president Mohamed Waheed Hassan.{{Cite web |date=10 September 2012 |title=President Waheed opens The Residence Maldives |url=https://presidencymaldives.gov.mv/Press/Article/7896 |access-date=25 October 2024 |website=The President's Office}} It was later renovated in 2017 by Pristine Island Investment and was opened by president Abdulla Yameen, which included a new VIP lounge and two staff accommodation blocks.{{Cite news |date=25 September 2017 |title=President opens expanded Kooddoo airport and new resort |url=https://maldivesindependent.com/business/president-opens-expanded-kooddoo-airport-and-new-resort-132755 |access-date=25 October 2024 |work=Maldives Independent}}
In 2024, the Maldivian airline halted flights to the airport after the airport's runway damaged two of the wings of a plane.{{Cite news |last=Osmanagic |first=Ameera |date=11 October 2024 |title=Maldivian to discontinue Kooddoo operations |url=https://edition.mv/maldivian_airline/36644 |access-date=25 October 2024 |work=The Edition}} The Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Mohamed Ameen, has said that the operator, Pristine Island Maldives, will renovate the runway as well as the apron.{{Cite news |last=Mohamed |first=Mariyath |date=13 October 2024 |title=Kooddoo airport being renovated, flights will commence soon: Minister Ameen |url=https://edition.mv/justice/36676 |access-date=25 October 2024 |work=The Edition}}{{Cite news |last=Osmanagic |first=Ameera |date=14 October 2024 |title=Operator will renovate Kooddoo Airport: Minister Ameen |url=https://edition.mv/mohamed_ameen_transport_minister/36733 |access-date=25 October 2024 |work=The Edition}}
Airlines and destinations
See also
References
External links
- [http://skyvector.com/?ll=0.730833,73.433056&zoom=2 Aeronautical chart] at SkyVector
{{Airports in the Maldives}}
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