Colombo District
Ratmalana
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Ratmalana Airport

Ratmalana International Airport, is the secondary international airport serving the city of , the capital of Sri Lanka. It was the country's first and was the only international airport in Sri Lanka until the inauguration of , , in 1967.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport
  • Also known as: “Colombo Airport”, “Colombo International Airport Ratmalana”, “Colombo International Airport, Ratmalana”, “Colombo–Ratmalana”, “Ratmalana International Airport”, “RML”, “SLAF Ratmalana”, and “VCCC”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Weras Ganga Park and St Matthias’ Church, Lakshapathiya.

Park
The is a public park located in Bellanwila area, next to the Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya in , .

Church
Photo: L Manju, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Matthias’ Church, is a church in in . The church is located in Lakshapathiya approximately 1.1 km away from the Soysapura junction on - main road.

Hotel
The , in , , is a 275-room hotel, situated at 100 Hotel Road in Mount Lavinia. It is recognised as one of the oldest and most famous hotels in the country.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boralesgamuwa and Lunawa.

Town
is a city on the Colombo-Horana Road about 14 km south-east of the commercial capital . The junction was formerly known as Nagas Handiya.

Village
is a suburb in lying on the coast just south of the capital, . is a suburb of Moratuwa in the Colombo District of the Western Province.

Town
is a suburban area in , . It lies within the administrative boundaries of Municipal Council. It is known for the which houses thousands of animals and hundreds of species.

Ratmalana Airport

Latitude
6.82198° or 6° 49′ 19″ north
Longitude
79.88816° or 79° 53′ 17″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Operator
Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited
IATA airport code
RML
ICAO airport code
VCCC
United Nations Location Code
LK RML
Open location code
6JRXRVCQ+Q7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27712654
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
6301870
Wiki­data ID
Q1101384
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Ratmalana Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Ratmalana Airport”
  • Chinese: “拉特馬拉納機場”
  • Dutch: “Ratmalana Airport”
  • Dutch: “VCCC”
  • French: “aéroport de Ratmalana”
  • French: “Aéroport de Ratmalana”
  • German: “Ratmalana Airport”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Ratmalana”
  • Indonesian: “RML”
  • Indonesian: “VCCC”
  • Italian: “aeroporto di Ratmalana”
  • Japanese: “ラトゥマラナ空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Colombo”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه راتمالانا”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Ratmalana”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Ratmalana”
  • Russian: “ратмалана”
  • Sinhala: “කොළඹ ජාත්‍යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපළ, රත්මලාන”
  • Sinhala: “කොළඹ ජාත්‍යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපළ”
  • Sinhala: “රත්මලාන ගුවන්තොටුපල”
  • Swedish: “Ratmalana Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи ротмолоно”
  • Tamil: “இரத்மலானை விமான நிலையம்”
  • Tamil: “கொழும்பு சர்வதேச விமான நிலையம், இரத்மலானை”
  • Tamil: “கொழும்பு சர்வதேச விமான நிலையம்”
  • Ukrainian: “Аеропорт Ратмалана”
  • Ukrainian: “Коломбо-Ратмалана”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Ratmalana”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Bakery Junction and Belekkade Junction.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include KDU Swimming Pool and Kothalawala Defence Academy.

Western Province: Must-Visit Destinations

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ratmalana Airport”. Photo: ColomboAirportRatmalana, CC BY-SA 4.0.