# Batticaloa International Airport (BTC / VCCB)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BTC / VCCB
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Batticaloa, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
- Opened: 1958
- Elevation: 6 m / 20 ft
- Coordinates: 7.7051, 81.6772
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,560 m / 5,118 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batticaloa_International_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3522793
- Weather station: VCCB · WMO 43436
- Ident: VCCB

## Timeline

- 1958: Batticaloa International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 1,560 m / 5,118 ft | 46 m / 151 ft | Asphalt | 061° / 241° | yes |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [CMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcbi.md) Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport · Sri Lanka · 206 km / 128 mi · Cinnamon Air

### Charter (1)

- [RML](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vccc.md) Colombo Ratmalana International Airport · Sri Lanka · 221 km / 137 mi · Air Senok, FitsAir, Helitours

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (4)

- MVS [Air Senok](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-senok) · 1 · charter
- C7 [Cinnamon Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cinnamon-air) · 1
- 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 | 1,560 m / 5,118 ft | =6,089 of 29,858 | =1,332 in Asia | #6 in LK |
| Elevation | 6 m / 20 ft | =41,280 of 43,403 | =2,909 in Asia | #14 in LK |
| Age | Opened 1958 | =4,324 of 15,079 | =241 in Asia | #4 in LK |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in LK |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [ADP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vccg.md) Ampara Airport · 41 km / 26 mi
- [HIM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcch.md) Hingurakgoda Air Force Base · 86 km / 53 mi
- [TRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcct.md) China Bay Airport · 108 km / 67 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: “Batticaloa International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Batticaloa_International_Airport&oldid=1363016893), 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/vccb/data