AirportsBandaranaike International Colombo Airport is a large airport serving Colombo, in Western Province, Sri Lanka. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is CMB.
Key facts
- IATA code
- CMB
- ICAO code
- VCBI
- City
- Colombo
- State or region
- Western Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 7.1808° N, 79.8841° E
- Elevation
- 9 m (30 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,350 m (10,991 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, CMB means Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: VCBI. ICAO codes that begin with V belong to South Asia and mainland South-East Asia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 7.1808° N, 79.8841° E. It stands 9 metres (30 feet) above sea level.
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
Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,350 metres (10,991 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 7 airports of Sri Lanka on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 2.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 3,350 m 10,991 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Diyawanna Oya Seaplane BaseSri Jayawardenepura Kotte | DWO | 31 km |
| Colombo Ratmalana International AirportColombo | RML | 40 km |
| Bentota River WaterdromeBentota | BJT | 84 km |
| Polgolla Reservoir Seaplane BaseKandy | KDZ | 85 km |
| Koggala AirportGalle | KCT | 141 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,395 km | 3 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 1,526 km | 2 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,287 km | 4 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,715 km | 11 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 14,054 km | 17 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 15,053 km | 18 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 2,750 km | 3 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 6,836 km | 8 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 8,763 km | 11 h 05 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.
Links
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