# Anuradhapura Airport (ACJ / VCCA)

**Anuradhapura Airport** (IATA: ACJ, ICAO: VCCA) is a medium airport in Anuradhapura, North Central Province, Sri Lanka. It has one runway, 1,486 m (4,876 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Sri Lanka Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcca

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ACJ / VCCA
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Sri Lanka Air Force
- Serves: Anuradhapura, North Central Province, Sri Lanka
- Elevation: 99 m / 324 ft
- Coordinates: 8.3015, 80.4285
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,486 m / 4,876 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuradhapura_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3504937
- Weather station: VCCA · WMO 43421
- Ident: VCCA

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 1,486 m / 4,876 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 046° / 226° |  |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Charter (1)

- [RML](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vccc.md) Colombo Ratmalana International Airport · Sri Lanka · 175 km / 109 mi · Air Senok, FitsAir, Helitours

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- MVS [Air Senok](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-senok) · 1 · charter
- 8D [FitsAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fitsair) · 1 · charter
- HLT [Helitours](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/helitours) · 1 · charter

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,486 m / 4,876 ft | =7,360 of 29,858 | #1,402 in Asia | #8 in LK |
| Elevation | 99 m / 324 ft | =30,777 of 43,403 | #1,724 in Asia | #2 in LK |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in LK |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 126.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [HIM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcch.md) Hingurakgoda Air Force Base · 67 km / 42 mi
- [TRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcct.md) China Bay Airport · 87 km / 54 mi
- [CMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcbi.md) Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport · 138 km / 86 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Anuradhapura Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anuradhapura_Airport&oldid=1363013703), revision of 7 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/vcca/data