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Gan International Airport is an international airport located on the island of Gan in Addu Atoll in the island nation of the Maldives. As of June 2024, it is one of five international airports in the
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Former Mega Maldives Boeing 767 on Gan International Airport parking apron, February 2011
RAF Gan
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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
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…the Maldives. First built by the Royal Navy (RN) for its Fleet Air Arm (FAA), it was subsequently transferred to the Royal Air Force (RAF), becoming Royal Air Force Station Gan or RAF Gan. It was a British military airbase until 1976, used as a staging post for RAF aircraft flying to the Far East during World War II. The first…
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A de Havilland Comet Mk 2 (XK715) of RAF Transport Command resupplying at RAF Gan