Jaffna International Airport

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Jaffna International Airport is a regional airport in northern Sri Lanka that serves as a key air gateway connecting the Jaffna Peninsula with other domestic and limited international destinations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf airport
international airport
regional airport
cityServed Jaffna
country Sri Lanka
distanceFromCityCenter north of Jaffna city
distanceFromCityCenterKilometers approximately 16
elevationFeet 33
elevationMeters 10
formerName Palali Airport
Palaly Airport
hasDomesticFlightsTo Bandaranaike International Airport
Batticaloa Airport
Ratmalana Airport
Trincomalee Airport
hasInternationalFlightsTo Chennai International Airport
hasMilitaryFunction Sri Lanka Air Force
surface form: Sri Lanka Air Force base
hasNavigationAid air traffic control tower
runway lighting
hasRole domestic airport
limited international airport
regional air gateway
hasRunway Runway 05/23
hasServiceType charter flights
scheduled passenger flights
hasTerminalType passenger terminal
IATAcode JAF
ICAOcode VCCJ
isKeyGatewayFor Jaffna diaspora travel
Northern Sri Lanka connectivity
locatedIn Jaffna Islands
surface form: Jaffna Peninsula

Northern Province, Sri Lanka
northern Sri Lanka
locatedOn Jaffna Peninsula mainland
openedAsInternationalAirport 2019
operator Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited
Sri Lanka Air Force
regionServed South Asia
reopenedForCivilianFlights 2019
runwayLengthMeters 1400
runwaySurface asphalt
runwayType paved runway
serves Jaffna Islands
surface form: Jaffna Peninsula

Northern Province, Sri Lanka
timezone Sri Lanka Standard Time
usedBy Sri Lanka Air Force
UTCoffset +05:30

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Jaffna hasAirport Jaffna International Airport