AirportsHambantota Seaplane Base is a seaplane base serving Hambantota, in Southern Province, Sri Lanka. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is HBT.
Key facts
- IATA code
- HBT
- ICAO code
- not listed
- City
- Hambantota
- State or region
- Southern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Kind
- Seaplane base
- Coordinates
- 6.1240° N, 81.1030° E
- Elevation
- 0 m (0 ft)
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, HBT means Hambantota Seaplane Base. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 6.1240° N, 81.1030° E. It stands 0 metres (0 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Kandy, about 140 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mattala Rajapaksa International AirportMattala | HRI | 18 km |
| Tissa Tank WaterdromeTissamaharama | TTW | 28 km |
| Koggala AirportGalle | KCT | 88 km |
| Bentota River WaterdromeBentota | BJT | 127 km |
| Polgolla Reservoir Seaplane BaseKandy | KDZ | 143 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,530 km | 3 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 1,695 km | 2 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,466 km | 4 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,891 km | 11 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 14,217 km | 17 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 15,110 km | 18 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 2,594 km | 3 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 6,800 km | 8 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 8,584 km | 10 h 50 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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