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Aeronautical Information Services of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2016-01-24 "Aerodrome Index Chart" (PDF). Aeronautical Information Services of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-24 "Location Indicators by State" (PDF).
"ICAO Location Indicators by State" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. 17 September 2010. Archived from the original on 9 March 2013. "United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations". UN/LOCODE 2011-2. UNECE. 28 February 2012. - includes IATA codes; Aviation Safety Network - IATA and ICAO airport codes
The four parts of WSI are identifier series, issuer, issue number, and identifier. Existing WMO identifiers were migrated to the WSI format, e.g. "0-20000-0-72295" for LAX. "20000" is the issuer code for WMO itself, and countries use their three-digit ISO code as issuer code; A presentation at the WMO site [6] explains:
The ICAO airport code or location indicator is a four-letter code designating aerodromes around the world. These codes, as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization and published quarterly in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators , are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning .
ICAO code Type FIR or ACC name Oceanic or other subtype Country or territory AGGG FIR Honiara ACC Solomon Islands: ANAU FIR Nauru ACC Nauru: AYPM FIR Port Moresby ACC Papua New Guinea: BGGL FIR Nuuk ACC Greenland ( Denmark) BIRD FIR Reykjavík ACC Iceland: CZEG FIR Edmonton ACC Canada: CZQM FIR Moncton Southern ACC Canada: CZQX FIR
It is administered by Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd and serves as the hub of SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka, Fitsair, a privately owned low-cost carrier, and domestic carrier Cinnamon Air. The other airport serving the city of Colombo is Ratmalana International Airport. SriLankan Airlines has its main base ...
This was the first time the An-225 had landed in Sri Lanka. [ 43 ] During the COVID-19 pandemic, The airport has been handling ship crew changes and repatriation flights, In June and July 2020, Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport handled more than 50 flights involving 2,188 passengers. [ 44 ]
The airport served as major facility for the Sri Lankan military during the civil war. The army forcibly seized 261 ha (646 acres) of neighbouring land in 1985. [4] Following the signing of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord in July 1987 the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) used Palaly to transport troops between India and Sri Lanka.