List of airports in Sri Lanka

Map of Sri Lanka

Colombo's Bandaranaike International Airport is the busiest airport in the country and one of the busiest airports in South Asia. It was estimated to handle over 10.5 million passengers in 2018.

This is a list of airports in Sri Lanka .

Airport

Airport names shown in bold indicate the facility has scheduled passenger service on a commercial airline.

International airports

Location served	Province	ICAO	IATA	Airport name	Usage	Runway(s)	Coordinates	Total passengers
Katunayake	Western	VCBI	CMB	Bandaranaike International Airport	Public/military	3,350 m (10,990 ft)	07°10′52″N79°53′06″E / 7.18111°N 79.88500°E / 7.18111; 79.88500	7,474,582 (2023)
Colombo	Western	VCCC	RML	Colombo International Airport, Ratmalana	Public/military	1,833 m (6,014 ft)	06°49′23″N79°53′12″E / 6.82306°N 79.88667°E / 6.82306; 79.88667	Unknown
Hambantota	Southern	VCRI	HRI	Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport	Public	3,500 m (11,500 ft)	06°17′10″N81°07′32″E / 6.28611°N 81.12556°E / 6.28611; 81.12556	1,536 (2019)
Jaffna	Northern	VCCJ	JAF	Jaffna International Airport	Public/military	2,305 m (7,562 ft)	09°47′32″N80°04′12″E / 9.79222°N 80.07000°E / 9.79222; 80.07000	Unknown
Batticaloa	Eastern	VCCB	BTC	Batticaloa International Airport	Public/military	1,095 m (3,593 ft)	07°42′21″N81°37′32″E / 7.70583°N 81.62556°E / 7.70583; 81.62556	Unknown

Domestic airports

Location served	Province	ICAO	IATA	Airport name	Usage	Runway(s)	Coordinates
Ampara	Eastern	VCCG	ADP	Ampara Airport (Gal Oya)	Military/public	1,097 m (3,599 ft)	07°20′15″N81°37′32″E / 7.33750°N 81.62556°E / 7.33750; 81.62556
Anuradhapura	North Central	VCCA	ACJ	Anuradhapura Airport	Military/public	1,493 m (4,898 ft)	08°18′05″N80°25′41″E / 8.30139°N 80.42806°E / 8.30139; 80.42806
Dambulla	Central	VCCS	GIU	Sigiriya Airport	Military/public	1,768 m (5,801 ft)	07°57′21″N81°40′44″E / 7.95583°N 81.67889°E / 7.95583; 81.67889
Galle	Southern	VCCK	KCT	Koggala Airport	Military/public	958 m (3,143 ft)	05°59′38″N80°19′16″E / 5.99389°N 80.32111°E / 5.99389; 80.32111
Hambantota	Southern	VCCW	WRZ	Weerawila Airport	Military/public	1,225 m (4,019 ft)	06°15′17″N81°14′07″E / 6.25472°N 81.23528°E / 6.25472; 81.23528
Kalutara	Western	VCCN	KTY	Katukurunda Airport	Military/public	975 m (3,199 ft)	06°33′06″N79°58′45″E / 6.55167°N 79.97917°E / 6.55167; 79.97917
Kandy	Central			Kandy Airport (Under construction)	Military/public	2,000 m (6,600 ft)
Kilinochchi	Northern			Iranamadu Airport	Military/public	1,500 m (4,900 ft)	09°18′19″N80°29′15″E / 9.30528°N 80.48750°E / 9.30528; 80.48750
Minneriya	North Central	VCCH	HIM	Hingurakgoda Airport	Military/public	2,200 m (7,200 ft)	08°02′59″N080°58′53″E / 8.04972°N 80.98139°E / 8.04972; 80.98139
Puttalam	North Western	LK-0002		Palaviya Airport	Military/public	333 m (1,093 ft)	07°58′48″N79°51′24″E / 7.98000°N 79.85667°E / 7.98000; 79.85667
Trincomalee	Eastern	VCCT	TRR	China Bay Airport	Military/public	2,397 m (7,864 ft)	08°32′22″N81°10′54″E / 8.53944°N 81.18167°E / 8.53944; 81.18167
Vavuniya	Northern	VCCV		Vavuniya Airport	Military/public	1,524 m (5,000 ft)	08°44′28″N80°29′52″E / 8.74111°N 80.49778°E / 8.74111; 80.49778

Waterdromes

Location served	Province	ICAO	IATA	Airport name	Usage	Runway(s)	Coordinates
Ampara	Eastern		AFK	Kondavattavan Tank Waterdrome
Arugam Bay	Eastern		AYY	Arugam Bay Lagoon Waterdrome
Batticaloa	Eastern			Lady Manning Drive Waterdrome
Bentota	Southern		BJT	Bentota River Airport
Castlereigh	Central		NUF	Castlereigh Reservoir Waterdrome
Colombo-Dandugama	Western		DGM	Dandugama Water Aerodrome
Colombo-Peliyagoda	Western		KEZ	Kelani River-Peliyagoda Waterdrome
Dambulla	Central		DBU	Ibbankatuwa Tank Waterdrome (Dambulu Oya Tank)
Dikwella	Southern		DIW	Mawella Lagoon Airport
Hambantota	Southern		HBT	Bandagiriya Tank Waterdrome
Iranamadu	Northern		IRU	Iranamadu Waterdrome
Jaffna	Northern			Jaffna Waterdrome
Kalpitiya	North Western			Kalpitiya Waterdrome
Kandy-Polgolla	Central		KDZ	Polgolla Reservoir Waterdrome
Kandy-Victoria	Central		KDW	Victoria Dam Waterdrome
Koggala	Southern		KCT	Koggala Airport
Nuwara Eliya	Central		NUA	Lake Gregory Waterdrome
Pasikudah	Eastern		PQD	Passikudah Waterdrome
Tissamaharama	Southern		TTW	Tissa Tank Waterdrome
Trincomalee	Eastern		THW	Trincomalee Harbour Waterdrome

See also

Hambantota's Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport is the second largest airport.

• List of Sri Lankan air force bases
• List of airports by ICAO code: V § VC – Sri Lanka
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: Asia#Sri Lanka

References

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