AirportsKoggala Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Galle, in Southern Province, Sri Lanka. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KCT.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KCT
- ICAO code
- VCCK
- City
- Galle
- State or region
- Southern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 5.9937° N, 80.3203° E
- Elevation
- 3 m (10 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 958 m (3,142 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KCT means Koggala Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: VCCK. 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 5.9937° N, 80.3203° E. It stands 3 metres (10 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Moratuwa, about 99 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
Koggala Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 958 metres (3,142 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 7 airports of Sri Lanka on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 7.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 958 m 3,142 ft | 43 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bentota River WaterdromeBentota | BJT | 60 km |
| Hambantota Seaplane BaseHambantota | HBT | 88 km |
| Mattala Rajapaksa International AirportMattala | HRI | 95 km |
| Colombo Ratmalana International AirportColombo | RML | 104 km |
| Diyawanna Oya Seaplane BaseSri Jayawardenepura Kotte | DWO | 111 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,532 km | 3 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 1,665 km | 2 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,410 km | 4 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,848 km | 11 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 14,194 km | 17 h 35 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 15,157 km | 18 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 2,676 km | 3 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 6,877 km | 8 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 8,645 km | 10 h 55 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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