SLAF Vavuniya
Vavuniya Airport is an air force base and domestic airport in Vavuniya in northern Sri Lanka. Located approximately 1.4 km south of the centre of Vavuniya, the airport is also known as SLAF Vavuniya.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Vavuniya Airport” and “VCCV”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rambaikulam Girls’ Maha Vidyalayam and Vavuniya General Hospital.
Rambaikulam Girls’ Maha Vidyalayam
School
Rambaikulam Girls' Maha Vidyalayam is a national school in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka.
Vavuniya General Hospital
Hospital
Vavuniya Hospital is a government hospital in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka. It is the leading hospital in Vavuniya District and is controlled by the provincial government in Jaffna.
Iratperiyakulam railway station
Railway station
Iratperiyakulam railway station is a railway station in the town of Iratperiyakulam in northern Sri Lanka. Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is part of the Northern Line which links the north with the capital Colombo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Velikkulam.
SLAF Vavuniya
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, airbase, military installation, and transportation
- Location: Moonrumurippu, Vavuniya, Vavuniya District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
8.73924° or 8° 44′ 21″ north
Longitude
80.4975° or 80° 29′ 51″ east
Elevation
102 metres (335 feet)
Operator
Sri Lanka Air Force
ICAO airport code
VCCV
Open location code
6MW2PFQX+M2
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 Ukrainian—“SLAF Vavuniya” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ဗဗုနိယလေဆိပ်”
- Cebuano: “Vavuniya Airport”
- Indonesian: “VCCV”
- Japanese: “バブニヤ空港”
- Japanese: “バブニヤ空軍基地”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Vavuniya, VC13”
- Persian: “فرودگاه اس ال ای اف واونیا”
- Persian: “فرودگاه اسالایاف واونیا”
- Swedish: “Vavuniya Airport”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи исилийуф вовнио”
- Ukrainian: “Аеропорт Вавунія”
- Ukrainian: “Вавунія”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Parade Ground and Army Field Hospital.
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