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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)".
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.
It is the site of Bandaranaike International Airport, the primary international air gateway to Sri Lanka. With the change of government in 1977 and the introduction of the open economy policy a large area was allocated to create a free trade zone (currently known as the Export Promotion Zone).
Postal codes in Sri Lanka are five digit numbers used by Sri Lanka Postal Service, that identifies each postal jurisdiction to sort mail more efficiently. They were first introduced in 1997. They were first introduced in 1997.
This was the first time the An-225 had landed in Sri Lanka. [43] During the COVID-19 pandemic, The airport has been handling ship crew changes and repatriation flights, In June and July 2020, Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport handled more than 50 flights involving 2,188 passengers. [44]
Jaffna International Airport (IATA: JAF, ICAO: VCCJ) is an air force base and international airport in Palaly in northern Sri Lanka near Kankesanthurai. [27] [28] Located approximately 16 km (9.9 miles) north of the city of Jaffna, the airport is also known as Palaly Airport and SLAF Palaly.
UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone) Kirulapone (Kirulapana) is a suburb in Colombo , Sri Lanka which is also known as Colombo 5. The A4 (High Level Road) runs through Kirulapone while Elvitigala Mawatha (Narahenpita Road), which leads to the Katunayake Airport (CMB) begins from here.