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Bandaranaike International Airport

Bandaranaike International Airport is the main international airport in . It is named after former Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike and is in the suburb of , 32.5 kilometres north of the nation's capital and commercial center, .
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: international airport
  • Also known as: “Bandaranaike Colombo International Airport”, “CMB”, “Colombo International Airport”, and “VCBI”
  • Historically known as: “Katunayake International Airport”
  • Address: Katunayake-Veyangoda Road, Katunayake

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ave Maria Convent Branch School.

School
Photo: Ayodhya Sovis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bolawalana Ave Maria Convent, previously known as is a Catholic girls' school in Sri Lanka. The school is administrated by the Dominican sisters of Malta.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Katunayake and Kurana.

Town
, is a suburb of in . It is the site of Bandaranaike International Airport, the primary international air gateway to Sri Lanka.

Village
is a municipal ward of , . It is on the - Main road and is located a few miles from the Bandaranaike International Airport. It has an average elevation of 7 m above sea level.

Village
is a village situated in , , lying near the west coast to the south of the city of and is administered by the katunayake seeduwa urban council.

Bandaranaike International Airport

Latitude
7.17937° or 7° 10′ 46″ north
Longitude
79.88441° or 79° 53′ 4″ east
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Operator
Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited
IATA airport code
CMB
ICAO airport code
VCBI
Open location code
6JVX5VHM+PQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 183539977
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6301060
Wiki­data ID
Q60900
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Bandaranaike International Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار باندارنيك الدولي”
  • Armenian: “Բանդարանաիկե (օդանավակայան)”
  • Armenian: “Բանդարանաիկե”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu Internacional Bandaranaike”
  • Bengali: “বন্দরনায়েকে আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর”
  • Burmese: “CMB”
  • Burmese: “VCBI”
  • Burmese: “ဘန်ဒါရာနာခိုက် အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ လေဆိပ်”
  • Burmese: “ဘန်ဒါရာနိုက် ကိုလံဘို အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ လေဆိပ်”
  • Burmese: “ဘန်ဒါရာနိုက် အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ လေဆိပ်”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport Internacional Bandaranaike”
  • Cebuano: “Bandaranayake International Air Port”
  • Chinese: “班达拉奈克国际机场”
  • Chinese: “班達拉納克國際機場”
  • Dutch: “Bandaranaike International Airport”
  • Dutch: “Bandaranaike Intl”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مطار باندارنيك الدولى”
  • Estonian: “Bandaranaike rahvusvaheline lennujaam”
  • Finnish: “Bandaranaiken kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • French: “aéroport de Colombo”
  • French: “aéroport international Bandaranaike”
  • French: “Aéroport international Bandaranaike”
  • French: “CMB”
  • French: “VCBI”
  • German: “Bandaranaike International Airport”
  • German: “Flughafen Bandaranaike International”
  • German: “Flughafen Colombo”
  • German: “VCBI”
  • Hindi: “काटुनायके हवाई अड्डा”
  • Hindi: “कोलंबो विमानक्षेत्र”
  • Hindi: “भण्डारनायके अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय विमानक्षेत्र”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Bandaranaike”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Katunayake”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Kolombo”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Kolombo”
  • Indonesian: “Bandara Bandaranaike”
  • Indonesian: “Bandara Internasional Bandaranaike”
  • Indonesian: “Bandara Internasional Katunayake”
  • Indonesian: “Bandara Internasional Kolombo”
  • Indonesian: “Bandara Kolombo”
  • Indonesian: “CMB”
  • Indonesian: “VCBI”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Colombo-Bandaranaike”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale Bandaranaike”
  • Italian: “Bandaranaike International Airport”
  • Japanese: “CMB”
  • Japanese: “カトゥナーヤカ国際空港”
  • Japanese: “コロンボ国際空港”
  • Japanese: “コロンボ空港”
  • Japanese: “バンダーラナーヤカ国際空港”
  • Japanese: “バンダラナイケ国際空港”
  • Korean: “반다라나이케 국제공항”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Bandaranaike Colombo”
  • Marathi: “बंदरनायके आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ”
  • Marathi: “भंडारनायके आंतरराष्ट्रीय विमानतळ”
  • Newari: “काटुनायके विमानस्थल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bandaranaike internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bandaranaike International Airport”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “CMB”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “VCBI”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی باندرانیکی”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Kolombo”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional Bandaranaike”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Bandaranaike”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Bandaranaike”
  • Russian: “Бандаранаике”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт имени Бандаранаике”
  • Serbian: “Аеродром Коломбо”
  • Sinhala: “බණ්ඩාරනායක ජාත්‍යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපළ”
  • Sinhala: “බණ්ඩාරනායක ජාත්‍යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපොල”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Bandaranaike”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional Bandaranaike”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Bandaranaike”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional Katunayake”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Katunayake”
  • Swedish: “Bandaranaike International Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Байн‌алмиллалии Бандаранаике”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи бин‌алмилалӣ бондроники”
  • Tamil: “கட்டுநாயக்கா சர்வதேச விமான நிலையம்”
  • Tamil: “கொழும்பு விமான நிலையம்”
  • Tamil: “பண்டாரநாயக்க சர்வதேச விமான நிலையம்”
  • Tamil: “பண்டாரநாயக்க பன்னாட்டு வானூர்தி நிலையம்”
  • Tamil: “பண்டாரநாயக்கா சர்வதேச விமான நிலையம்”
  • Tamil: “பண்டாரநாயக்கா பன்னாட்டு வானூர்தி நிலையம்”
  • Thai: “ท่าอากาศยานนานาชาติพัณฑารนายกะ”
  • Turkish: “Bandaranaike Uluslararası Havalimanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Бандаранаїке”
  • Ukrainian: “Міжнародний аеропорт імені Соломона Бандаранаїке”
  • Uzbek: “Bandaranaike xalqaro aeroporti”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Bandaranaike”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Bandaranaike”

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