Bandaranaike International Airport
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 and locally as Katunayake 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 located in a suburb of Negombo, 32.5 kilometres (20+1⁄4 miles) north of the nation's longstanding 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 බණ්ඩාරනායක ජාත්යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපළ பண்டாரநாயக்க சர்வதேச விமான நிலையம் | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | AASL | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Colombo | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Katunayake, Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Time zone | SLST (UTC+05:30) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 26 ft / 8 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 07°10′52″N 79°53′01″E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||
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