Landing late
“My flight lands at 21:40. What happens?”
Nobody answers this before you book. Put your real flight time in below and find out in one click.
You will not make the seaplane today.
Nothing flies after dark. Landing at this hour means a night in Hulhumalé, ten minutes from the airport, and the first rotation out at about 06:00 - or a private speedboat, which is the one option with no daylight limit. Tell us your flight number and we will have someone meet you either way.
Cut-offs are the operator's published figures. Your actual slot is confirmed the day before you fly.
The three hard rules
- 15:30Land in Malé by this time to reach Dhigurah the same day
- 09:00Your international departure must be later than this
- 06–18Daylight only. There is no night seaplane in the Maldives
Everything else about a seaplane transfer is negotiable. These three are not, and they are the reason most arrival plans go wrong.
If you land too late
There are three ways out of it, and which is right depends on how late.
Between about 15:30 and 18:00: the seaplane is gone for the day, but a domestic flight via Maamigili runs later and will still get you to Dhigurah tonight.
After dark: nothing flies. Either overnight in Hulhumalé - ten minutes from the airport, where almost everyone in this situation stays - and take the first rotation in the morning, or use a private speedboat, which has no daylight limit.
Before 06:00: you have simply arrived before the day starts. You wait at the terminal for the first rotation, which is no bad thing; the early flight is the best light of the day to see the atoll in.
If you are leaving
Your international flight has to depart after 09:00 for the seaplane to serve it at all, and you leave Dhigurah about four hours before it. If your flight home is earlier than that, we will put you on the domestic flight or move you to Malé the night before - and we will tell you so when you send us the flight number, not afterwards.
Correct as of October 2026.
Reservations
Tell us your flight.
Send your flight numbers and we will come straight back with your seaplane times, the confirmed fare and a secure link to pay by card.
$283 per adult one way, $185 per child under 12, all taxes and the boat to Dhigurah included.
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