Logistics infrastructure in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka — Airports
Sri Lanka has 16 airports profiled from OurAirports — each classed large, medium or small, with its IATA and ICAO codes, city, longest-runway length, elevation and scheduled-service status.
Country-level air freight, passenger and carrier-departure totals come from the World Bank's World Development Indicators. Search, sort or open any airport for its sourced record.
16
Total
6
Medium
5
Seaplane Base
4
Large
1
Small
Air freight
278.5 M t-km
Air passengers
3,866,001
Carrier departures
24,228
Longest runways
- 1Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport11,483 ft
- 2Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport10,991 ft
- 3China Bay Airport7,850 ft
- 4Colombo Ratmalana International Airport6,013 ft
- 5Batticaloa International Airport5,118 ft
Most runways
Highest elevation
- 1Polgolla Reservoir Seaplane Base1,473 ft
- 2Anuradhapura Airport324 ft
- 3Iranamadu Airport183 ft
- 4Hingurakgoda Air Force Base170 ft
- 5Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport157 ft
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| Airport | Type | City | IATA | Scheduled | Longest runway | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattala Rajapaksa International AirportHRI | Large | Mattala | HRI | Yes | 11,483 ft | 157 ft |
| Bandaranaike International Colombo AirportCMB | Large | Colombo | CMB | Yes | 10,991 ft | 30 ft |
| Colombo Ratmalana International AirportRML | Large | Colombo | RML | Yes | 6,013 ft | 22 ft |
| Jaffna International AirportJAF | Large | Jaffna | JAF | Yes | 4,593 ft | 33 ft |
| China Bay AirportTRR | Medium | Trincomalee | TRR | Yes | 7,850 ft | 6 ft |
| Batticaloa International AirportBTC | Medium | Batticaloa | BTC | Yes | 5,118 ft | 20 ft |
| Anuradhapura AirportACJ | Medium | Anuradhapura | ACJ | No | 4,876 ft | 324 ft |
| Ampara AirportADP | Medium | Ampara | ADP | No | 3,600 ft | 150 ft |
| Koggala AirportKCT | Medium | Galle | KCT | Yes | 3,142 ft | 10 ft |
| Hingurakgoda Air Force BaseHIM | Medium | Polonnaruwa Town | HIM | No | — | 170 ft |
| Iranamadu AirportLK-0001 | Small | Kilinochchi | — | Yes | — | 183 ft |
| Bentota River WaterdromeBJT | Seaplane Base | Bentota | BJT | Yes | — | — |
| Diyawanna Oya Seaplane BaseDWO | Seaplane Base | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | DWO | Yes | — | 10 ft |
| Hambantota Seaplane BaseHBT | Seaplane Base | Hambantota | HBT | Yes | — | 0 ft |
| Polgolla Reservoir Seaplane BaseKDZ | Seaplane Base | Kandy | KDZ | Yes | — | 1,473 ft |
| Tissa Tank WaterdromeTTW | Seaplane Base | Tissamaharama | TTW | Yes | — | 75 ft |