AirportsChina Bay Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Trincomalee, in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TRR.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TRR
- ICAO code
- VCCT
- City
- Trincomalee
- State or region
- Eastern Province
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 8.5392° N, 81.1813° E
- Elevation
- 2 m (6 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,393 m (7,850 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TRR means China Bay Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: VCCT. 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 8.5392° N, 81.1813° E. It stands 2 metres (6 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
China Bay Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,393 metres (7,850 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 7 airports of Sri Lanka on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 3.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 2,393 m 7,850 ft | 26 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Batticaloa International AirportBatticaloa | BTC | 108 km |
| Polgolla Reservoir Seaplane BaseKandy | KDZ | 147 km |
| Jaffna International AirportJaffna | JAF | 185 km |
| Bandaranaike International Colombo AirportColombo | CMB | 208 km |
| Diyawanna Oya Seaplane BaseSri Jayawardenepura Kotte | DWO | 229 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,266 km | 3 h 15 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 1,476 km | 2 h 15 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,304 km | 4 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,688 km | 11 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 13,974 km | 17 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 14,859 km | 18 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 2,649 km | 3 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 6,631 km | 8 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 8,739 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.
Links
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