Bandaranaike International Airport

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international airport transport infrastructure

Bandaranaike International Airport is the main international gateway to Sri Lanka, located near Colombo and serving as the country’s busiest and largest airport.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Bandaranaike 2
Bandaranaike International Airport (nearby, in Katunayake) 1
Colombo International Airport 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international airport ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ
alsoServes cargo flights ⓘ
alternativeName Bandaranaike International Airport ⓘ
surface form: Colombo International Airport
cargoTrafficRank busiest airport in Sri Lanka by cargo traffic ⓘ
cityServedRegion Colombo District ⓘ
surface form: Greater Colombo
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
distanceFromColombo about 32 km north of Colombo ⓘ
focusCityFor FitsAir ⓘ
groundTransport road connections to Colombo ⓘ
hasApron international aircraft parking stands ⓘ
hasCargoTerminal yes ⓘ
hasControlTower air traffic control tower ⓘ
hasCustomsFacilities yes ⓘ
hasDutyFreeShops yes ⓘ
hasImmigrationFacilities yes ⓘ
hasMilitarySection Sri Lanka Air Force base ⓘ
hasNavigationAid instrument landing system (ILS) ⓘ
hasTerminal Terminal 1 ⓘ
Terminal 2 (under construction) ⓘ
Terminal 3 ⓘ
surface form: Terminal 3 (domestic)
hubFor SriLankan Airlines ⓘ
IATAcode CMB ⓘ
ICAOcode VCBI ⓘ
isBusiestAirportIn Sri Lanka ⓘ
isLargestAirportIn Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedIn Katunayake ⓘ
locatedInDistrict Gampaha District ⓘ
locatedInProvince Western Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
namedAfter S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike ⓘ
nearbyInfrastructure Colombo–Katunayake Expressway access ⓘ
surface form: Colombo–Katunayake Expressway
opened 1967 ⓘ
operator Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited ⓘ
owner Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
passengerTrafficRank busiest airport in Sri Lanka by passenger traffic ⓘ
previousName Bandaranaike International Airport self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Colombo International Airport, Katunayake

Katunayake Airport ⓘ
primaryUse international passenger flights ⓘ
regionServed entire island of Sri Lanka ⓘ
role main international gateway to Sri Lanka ⓘ
runway 04/22 ⓘ
runwayLength about 3,350 m ⓘ
runwaySurface asphalt ⓘ
safetyCategory ICAO Category 9 (historically reported) ⓘ
servesCity Colombo ⓘ
timeZone Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ
UTCoffset +05:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bandaranaike International Airport → alternativeName → Bandaranaike International Airport ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colombo International Airport
FlySmiLes → associatedWith → Bandaranaike International Airport ⓘ
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike → familyName → Bandaranaike International Airport ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bandaranaike
Sirimavo Bandaranaike → familyName → Bandaranaike International Airport ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bandaranaike
Jaffna International Airport → hasDomesticFlightsTo → Bandaranaike International Airport ⓘ
Colombo → hasInternationalAirport → Bandaranaike International Airport ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bandaranaike International Airport (nearby, in Katunayake)
SriLankan Airlines → hubAirport → Bandaranaike International Airport ⓘ
SriLankan Airlines → operatesFromAirport → Bandaranaike International Airport ⓘ
Bandaranaike International Airport → previousName → Bandaranaike International Airport self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colombo International Airport, Katunayake