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Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport

බණ්ඩාරනායක ජාත්‍යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපළ
பண்டாரநாயக்க சர்வதேச விமான நிலையம்
Logo of the Bandaranaike International Airport
  • IATA: CMB
  • ICAO: VCBI
  • WMO: 43450
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OwnerGovernment of Sri Lanka
Operator AASL[1]
ServesColombo
LocationKatunayake, Sri Lanka
Opened1967 (57 years ago) (1967)
Hub for
  • Cinnamon Air
  • Simplifly
  • SriLankan Airlines
  • Fits Air
Time zoneSLST (UTC+05:30)
Elevation AMSL26 ft / 8 m
Coordinates07°10′52″N 79°53′01″E / 7.18111°N 79.88361°E / 7.18111; 79.88361
WebsiteOfficial website
Map
CMB/VCBI is located in Sri Lanka
CMB/VCBI
CMB/VCBI
Location of airport in Sri Lanka
CMB/VCBI is located in Asia
CMB/VCBI
CMB/VCBI
CMB/VCBI (Asia)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
04/22 10,990 3,350 Asphalt
04L/22R(Planned) 13,123 4,000 Asphalt
04R/22L(Planned) 13,123 4,000 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passenger MovementsIncrease 7,474,582
Air Freight Movements (MT)Increase 166,969.46
Aircraft MovementsIncrease 46,304
Source : Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka[2]

Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) (Sinhala: බණ්ඩාරනායක ජාත්‍යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපළ, romanized: Bandāranāyaka Jātyantara Guvantoṭupaḷa; Tamil: பண்டாரநாயக்க சர்வதேச விமான நிலையம், romanized: Paṇṭāranāyakka Carvatēca Vimāṉa Nilaiyam) (commonly known as Colombo International Airport, Colombo–Bandaranaike International Airport, and locally as Katunayake International Airport) (IATA: CMB, ICAO: VCBI) is the main international airport serving Sri Lanka. It is named after former Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899–1959) and is in the suburb of Negombo, 32.5 kilometres (20+1⁄4 miles) north of the nation's capital and commercial center, Colombo.

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.

Bandaranaike International Airport
SriLankan Airlines has its main base at CMB
Terminal interior
Departures area
Apron view
View of the apron from inside.
  1. ^ "Airport & Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited". www.airport.lk. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Welcome to Civil Aviation Authority". www.caa.lk. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

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