# Nuwara Eliya (Lake Gregory) Waterdrome (NUA)

**Nuwara Eliya (Lake Gregory) Waterdrome** (IATA: NUA) is a seaplane base in Nuwara Eliya, Central Province, Sri Lanka.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lk-0005

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NUA / —
- Type: Seaplane base
- Serves: Nuwara Eliya, Central Province, Sri Lanka
- Elevation: 1,877 m / 6,157 ft
- Coordinates: 6.9561, 80.7793
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Gregory_Waterdrome (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6476048
- Ident: LK-0005

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [CMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcbi.md) Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport · Sri Lanka · 102 km / 63 mi · Cinnamon Air
- [KCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcck.md) Koggala Airport · Sri Lanka · 118 km / 73 mi · Cinnamon Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from NUA, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- C7 [Cinnamon Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cinnamon-air) · 2

## Nearby airports

- [HRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcri.md) Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport · 84 km / 52 mi
- [RML](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vccc.md) Colombo Ratmalana International Airport · 100 km / 62 mi
- [CMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcbi.md) Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport · 102 km / 63 mi
- [ADP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vccg.md) Ampara Airport · 102 km / 64 mi
- [KCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcck.md) Koggala Airport · 118 km / 74 mi
- [HIM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcch.md) Hingurakgoda Air Force Base · 124 km / 77 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Lake Gregory Waterdrome”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lake_Gregory_Waterdrome&oldid=1362709539), revision of 5 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/lk-0005/data