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 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.
Colombo-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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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.