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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.
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.
Sigiriya Airport was first opened in 1942 as an airfield established by the Royal Air Force during World War II.A number of RAF squadrons (8 (1945), [3] 160 (1943-44), [4] 200 (1944-45), [5] 203 (1944-45), [6] 354 (1944) [7]) and other units were stationed at the airfield during and immediately after the war. [8]
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.
A Sri Lanka Air Force detachment moved onto the site on 1 August 1978. [3] [6] The airfield become one of the air force's air bases. The airport is part of a large military complex in Vavuniya that includes Security Forces Headquarters - Wanni. [7]