BTC

Batticaloa International Airport

ICAO VCCB7.7051°N 81.6772°E6 m / 20 ftMedium airport
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Batticaloa International Airport (IATA: BTC, ICAO: VCCB) is a medium airport in Batticaloa, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. It opened in 1958. It has one runway, 1,560 m (5,118 ft) long, asphalt.

Timeline

1 event · 1958–1958
1958
OpenedBatticaloa International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
06/24061° / 241° · LIT
LENGTH1,560 m5,118 ftWIDTH46 m151 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

2 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsCinnamon Air 1Air Senok 1FitsAir 1Helitours 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BTC. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Batticaloa International Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway1,560 m5,118 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=6,086of 29,823 · =1,336 Asia · #6 LKElevation6 m20 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,220of 43,341 · =2,914 Asia · #14 LKAgeOpened 19582026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,324of 15,079 · =242 Asia · #4 LKRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =1 LK
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

1 channels
TWRTWR118.100