Vavuniya District
Vavuniya Divisional Secretariat
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SLAF Vavuniya

Vavuniya Airport is an air force base and domestic airport in in northern . Located approximately 1.4 km south of the centre of Vavuniya, the airport is also known as SLAF Vavuniya.
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  • 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.

School
Rambaikulam Girls' Maha Vidyalayam is a national school in , .

Hospital
Vavuniya Hospital is a government hospital in , . It is the leading hospital in and is controlled by the provincial government in .

Railway station
is a railway station in the town of Iratperiyakulam in northern . Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is part of the Northern Line which links the with the capital .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Velikkulam.

Village
is a small town in . It is located within .

SLAF Vavuniya

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
way 851603907
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
8986236
Wiki­data ID
Q7390739
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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”

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