RAF Gan

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RAF Gan
Motto: En Route
IATA: GAN ICAO: VRMG
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Ministry of Defence, UK
Operator	Royal Air Force (RAF)
Location	Gan island, Addu Atoll, Maldives
Built	1957; 67 years ago (1957)
In use	1957–1 April 1976; 48 years ago (1976-04-01)
Time zone	Maldives Time (MVT) (UTC+5)
Elevation AMSL	2 m / 6 ft
Coordinates	00°41′29″S 073°09′22″E / 0.69139°S 73.15611°E / -0.69139; 73.15611
Map
RAF Gan Location on Addu Atoll in the Maldives Show map of Maldives RAF Gan RAF Gan (Indian Ocean) Show map of Indian Ocean
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 2,650 8,694 concrete
Information correct during operational period by the Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force Gan, commonly known as RAF Gan, is a former Royal Air Force station on Gan island, the southern-most island of Addu Atoll, which is part of the larger groups of islands which form the Maldives, in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Its motto is En Route, which signifies its importance as a strategic staging post for enabling RAF aircraft to reach their onward destinations at their bases in the Far East.

Following the departure of the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1976, the former RAF Gan airfield was developed into a civilian airport, and is now known as Gan International Airport.