Regional Airports announced the compensation of 16 out of 18 houses that need to be emptied in order to build the airport in Kulhudhuffushi , Haa Dhaalu Atoll.
Supplementing the development of the airport in Kulhudhuffushi , the project reclaimed six hectares of the island's lagoon as well as nine hectares of its mangrove lake. The project was extended due to the development of the airport's runway which required the demolishing of 18 houses overlapping the area.