Kondavattavan Tank Waterdrome

Kondavattavan Tank Waterdrome
IATA: AFK ICAO: none
Summary
Serves	Ampara, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
Coordinates	7°17′01″N81°38′42″E / 7.28361°N 81.64500°E / 7.28361; 81.64500 [1]

Kondavattavan Tank Waterdrome( IATA : AFK) is seaplane base near Ampara, Sri Lanka. ^[2] It was served previously by SriLankan AirTaxi. ^{[3] [ failed verification ]}

The reservoir, Kondawattuwana Wewa, was constructed between the 1st and 3rd centuries BCE, most likely under the patronage of King Vasabha (67–111 AD). ^[4] A pillar inscription dating to the reign of King Dappula IV in the 10th century AD states that irrigation water was subject to taxation, along with paddy cultivation, and that unauthorised use of water was strictly forbidden. ^[5]

It was renovated in 1912 to supply both irrigation and drinking water to nearby villages. ^[6]

References

1. https://www.mindat.org/feature-8260697.html
2. "Airports".
3. "SriLankan Air Taxi now flies into the heart of Colombo". Travel News Asia . Retrieved 2025-07-14.
4. Paranavitana, S. (1954). Report of the Archaeological Survey of Ceylon for 1953: Part IV- Education, Science and Art (G). Archaeological Survey of Ceylon.
5. Paranavitana, S. (1955) ‘KONDAVATTAVAN PILLAR-INSCRIPTION OF DAPPULA V’, in Epigraphia Zeylanica : Being Lithic and Other Inscriptions of Ceylon – Volume V (Part 1). Colombo, Sri Lanka: Department of Archaeology, pp. 124–141.
6. "Reservoirs of Sri Lanka and their fisheries".