AirportsBentota River Waterdrome is a seaplane base serving Bentota, in Western Province, Sri Lanka. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BJT.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BJT
- ICAO code
- not listed
- City
- Bentota
- State or region
- Western Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Kind
- Seaplane base
- Coordinates
- 6.4310° N, 79.9960° E
- Elevation
- not listed
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BJT means Bentota River Waterdrome. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 6.4310° N, 79.9960° E. The nearest large city in our data is Colombo, about 58 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Colombo, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
The open data has no runway details for this airport.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Colombo Ratmalana International AirportColombo | RML | 45 km |
| Diyawanna Oya Seaplane BaseSri Jayawardenepura Kotte | DWO | 54 km |
| Koggala AirportGalle | KCT | 60 km |
| Bandaranaike International Colombo AirportColombo | CMB | 84 km |
| Polgolla Reservoir Seaplane BaseKandy | KDZ | 122 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,479 km | 3 h 30 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 1,605 km | 2 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,351 km | 4 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,788 km | 11 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 14,135 km | 17 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 15,126 km | 18 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 2,721 km | 3 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 6,876 km | 8 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 8,703 km | 11 h 00 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
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