Weerawila International Airport
Weerawila Airport is a domestic military and civilian airport located in Weerawila, in the Hambantota District of Sri Lanka. It is located approximately 13 km southeast from the newly built Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “VCCW”, “Weerawila Air Base”, “Weerawila Airport”, “Wirawila Airbase”, and “WRZ”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tissamaharama.
Weerawila International Airport
Latitude
6.25408° or 6° 15′ 15″ north
Longitude
81.23471° or 81° 14′ 5″ east
Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)
Operator
Sri Lanka Air Force
IATA airport code
WRZ
ICAO airport code
VCCW
United Nations Location Code
LK WRZ
Open location code
6MR3763M+JV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
OpenStreetMap feature
military=airfield
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Welsh—“Weerawila International Airport” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ဝီးရဝီလလေဆိပ်”
- Cebuano: “Weerawila International Airport”
- Indonesian: “VCCW”
- Indonesian: “WRZ”
- Japanese: “WRZ”
- Japanese: “ウィーラウィラ空港”
- Malay: “Pengkalan Udara Wirawila”
- Persian: “VCCW”
- Persian: “WRZ”
- Persian: “فرودگاه بین المللی ویراویلا”
- Persian: “فرودگاه بینالمللی ویراویلا”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Weerawila”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Weerawila”
- Sinhala: “වීරවිල ගුවන් තොටුපොල”
- Spanish: “El aeropuerto de Weeravila”
- Swedish: “Weerawila International Airport”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Байналмиллалии Вееравила”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи биналмилалӣ вировило”
- Tamil: “வீரவில சர்வதேச விமான நிலையம்”
- Tamil: “வீரவில பன்னாட்டு வானூர்தி நிலையம்”
- Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Weerawila”
- Welsh: “Maes Awyr Weerawila”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Police Station Weerawila and Uduwila Wewa.
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