Malé International Airport (MLE)
A working profile of Malé International Airport in Male, Maldives: identifiers, location, the destinations served by scheduled flights, and the airlines that operate there.
Quick facts
- Full name: Malé International Airport
- Serves: Male, Maldives
- Coordinates: 4.1918, 73.5291
- Elevation: 6 ft
- Time zone: Indian/Maldives
Malé International Airport sits inside the air network of Maldives. It shows 43 distinct scheduled departures across 28 destinations and 28 operating carriers in the OpenFlights routes table. Whether it works as a primary hub, a focus city, or a regional feeder depends on the size of those numbers. The bigger they get, the more likely the airport supports connecting traffic on top of its point-to-point passengers.
Destinations from MLE
Destinations are listed in order of how many distinct airline codes serve them. Click any code for the destination's own airport profile, or jump to the dedicated route page.
| IATA | Destination | City | Country | Route | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMB | Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport | Colombo | Sri Lanka | MLE→CMB | 10 |
| TRV | Trivandrum International Airport | Trivandrum | India | MLE→TRV | 2 |
| AUH | Abu Dhabi International Airport | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | MLE→AUH | 2 |
| HKG | Hong Kong International Airport | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | MLE→HKG | 2 |
| HRI | Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport | Mattala | Sri Lanka | MLE→HRI | 2 |
| PEK | Beijing Capital International Airport | Beijing | China | MLE→PEK | 2 |
| SIN | Singapore Changi Airport | Singapore | Singapore | MLE→SIN | 2 |
| LGW | London Gatwick Airport | London | United Kingdom | MLE→LGW | 1 |
| CAN | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | Guangzhou | China | MLE→CAN | 1 |
| FRA | Frankfurt am Main Airport | Frankfurt | Germany | MLE→FRA | 1 |
| DXB | Dubai International Airport | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | MLE→DXB | 1 |
| DWC | Al Maktoum International Airport | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | MLE→DWC | 1 |
| MXP | Malpensa International Airport | Milano | Italy | MLE→MXP | 1 |
| PVG | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | Shanghai | China | MLE→PVG | 1 |
| KUL | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | MLE→KUL | 1 |
| BKK | Suvarnabhumi Airport | Bangkok | Thailand | MLE→BKK | 1 |
| DRV | Dharavandhoo Airport | DHARAVANDHOO | Maldives | MLE→DRV | 1 |
| GAN | Gan International Airport | Gan Island | Maldives | MLE→GAN | 1 |
| GKK | Kooddoo Airport | Kooddoo | Maldives | MLE→GKK | 1 |
| KDM | Kaadedhdhoo Airport | Kaadedhdhoo | Maldives | MLE→KDM | 1 |
| KDO | Kadhdhoo Airport | Laamu Atoll | Maldives | MLE→KDO | 1 |
| MAA | Chennai International Airport | Madras | India | MLE→MAA | 1 |
| DOH | Hamad International Airport | Doha | Qatar | MLE→DOH | 1 |
| COK | Cochin International Airport | Kochi | India | MLE→COK | 1 |
| SVO | Sheremetyevo International Airport | Moscow | Russia | MLE→SVO | 1 |
| IST | Istanbul Airport | Istanbul | Turkey | MLE→IST | 1 |
| VKO | Vnukovo International Airport | Moscow | Russia | MLE→VKO | 1 |
| MCT | Muscat International Airport | Muscat | Oman | MLE→MCT | 1 |
Airlines operating at MLE
Carriers ranked by the number of routes they file from this airport.
| IATA | Airline | Country | Routes from MLE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 | Maldivian | Maldives | 8 |
| BA | British Airways | United Kingdom | 2 |
| EK | Emirates | United Arab Emirates | 2 |
| EY | Etihad Airways | United Arab Emirates | 2 |
| LV | Albanian Airlines | Albania | 2 |
| MH | Malaysia Airlines | Malaysia | 2 |
| TK | Turkish Airlines | Turkey | 2 |
| UL | SriLankan Airlines | Sri Lanka | 2 |
| WY | Oman Air | Oman | 2 |
| AI | Air India Limited | India | 1 |
| AZ | Alitalia | Italy | 1 |
| CX | Cathay Pacific | Hong Kong SAR of China | 1 |
| CZ | China Southern Airlines | China | 1 |
| DE | Condor Flugdienst | Germany | 1 |
| FZ | Fly Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| HU | Hainan Airlines | China | 1 |
| IG | Meridiana | Italy | 1 |
| KA | Dragonair | DRAGON | 1 |
| KE | Korean Air | Republic of Korea | 1 |
| MJ | L | Argentina | 1 |
| MU | China Eastern Airlines | China | 1 |
| PG | Bangkok Airways | Thailand | 1 |
| QR | Qatar Airways | Qatar | 1 |
| SG | Spicejet | India | 1 |
| SQ | Singapore Airlines Cargo | Singapore | 1 |
| SU | Aeroflot Russian Airlines | Russia | 1 |
| TR | Tiger Airways | Singapore | 1 |
| UN | Transaero Airlines | Russia | 1 |
Inbound origin airports
Where flights into MLE typically originate, ranked by the number of operators on file.
| IATA | Origin airport | City | Country | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMB | Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport | Colombo | Sri Lanka | 10 |
| TRV | Trivandrum International Airport | Trivandrum | India | 2 |
| AUH | Abu Dhabi International Airport | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 2 |
| HKG | Hong Kong International Airport | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 2 |
| PEK | Beijing Capital International Airport | Beijing | China | 2 |
| SIN | Singapore Changi Airport | Singapore | Singapore | 2 |
| LGW | London Gatwick Airport | London | United Kingdom | 1 |
| CAN | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | Guangzhou | China | 1 |
| FRA | Frankfurt am Main Airport | Frankfurt | Germany | 1 |
| DXB | Dubai International Airport | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| DWC | Al Maktoum International Airport | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| PVG | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | Shanghai | China | 1 |
| KUL | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 1 |
| BKK | Suvarnabhumi Airport | Bangkok | Thailand | 1 |
| DRV | Dharavandhoo Airport | DHARAVANDHOO | Maldives | 1 |
| GAN | Gan International Airport | Gan Island | Maldives | 1 |
| GKK | Kooddoo Airport | Kooddoo | Maldives | 1 |
| KDM | Kaadedhdhoo Airport | Kaadedhdhoo | Maldives | 1 |
| KDO | Kadhdhoo Airport | Laamu Atoll | Maldives | 1 |
| MAA | Chennai International Airport | Madras | India | 1 |
| DOH | Hamad International Airport | Doha | Qatar | 1 |
| COK | Cochin International Airport | Kochi | India | 1 |
| SVO | Sheremetyevo International Airport | Moscow | Russia | 1 |
| IST | Istanbul Airport | Istanbul | Turkey | 1 |
| VKO | Vnukovo International Airport | Moscow | Russia | 1 |
| MCT | Muscat International Airport | Muscat | Oman | 1 |
How to read this page
The destinations table is the core of an airport profile. It tells you, at a glance, where you can fly directly from MLE on a published schedule. The "operators" column doesn't measure frequency. It measures how many distinct airline codes file the route. So a "3" means three different carriers list MLE to that destination, even if one of them runs the route many times a day while the others only manage it weekly. For practical trip planning, use the table as a starting list and confirm the airline's own schedule for your travel dates.
The airline list shows which carriers treat MLE as part of their network. Many will be foreign carriers running one or two flights, while a handful will use the airport as a base. To see where those carriers fly elsewhere, click through to any airline page. Each airline profile includes a route sample drawn from the same dataset.