Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Aeronautical Information Services of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-24 "Location Indicators by State" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. 17 September 2010. p. 100. "Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association. "Code for Trade and Transport Locations (UN/LOCODE)".
It is also a military airbase known as Sri Lanka Air Force Base Anuradhapura or SLAF Base Anuradhapura. [ 3 ] The airport is located 4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi) southeast of the town of Anuradhapura [ 2 ] at an elevation of 99 metres (325 ft).
Bandaranaike International Airport (airport code CMB [12]) at Katunayake, Sri Lanka, is 32.5 kilometers north of the national capital, Colombo. 37 airlines currently serve the airport's over 10.79 million annual passengers. [13] The airport has three passenger terminals. Terminal 1 is the current international terminal, built in 1967.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
Established in 1958 as a domestic airport, the airport ceased functioning in 1979 following the collapse of Air Ceylon. The site was taken over by the Sri Lanka Air Force during the Sri Lankan Civil War. Domestic flights resumed in 2018 and in 2019 it became Sri Lanka's fifth international airport.
It is also a military airbase known as Sri Lanka Air Force Ampara or SLAF Ampara. [ 3 ] The facility is located 4.35 nautical miles (8.1 km) northwest of the town of Ampara [ 2 ] at an elevation of 46 metres (151 ft) and has one runway designated 07/25 with a bitumen surface measuring 1,097 by 46 metres (3,599 ft × 151 ft).
It is also a military airbase known as Sri Lanka Air Force Katukurunda or SLAF Katukurunda. [3] The airport is located 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) southeast of the town of Kalutara. [2] It is at an elevation of 3 metres (10 ft) and has one runway designated 11/29 with a bitumen surface measuring 1,006 by 46 metres (3,301 ft × 151 ft). [2]
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.