RML

Colombo Ratmalana International Airport

ICAO VCCC6.8216°N 79.8859°E7 m / 22 ftLarge airport
On the map

Colombo Ratmalana International Airport (IATA: RML, ICAO: VCCC) is a large airport in Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka. It opened in 1938. It has one runway, 1,833 m (6,013 ft) long, asphalt.

Timeline

1 event · 1938–1938
1938
OpenedColombo Ratmalana International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
04/22033° / 213° · LIT
LENGTH1,833 m6,013 ftWIDTH31 m100 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

8 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from RML. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Ratmalana Airport” (revision of 14 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Airlines

3 airlines · destinations from RML
Passenger3
HLTHelitourscharter · 8MVSAir Senokcharter · 78DFitsAircharter · 7

Former hub of Lionair.

Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from RML. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway1,833 m6,013 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,504of 29,858 · #1,191 Asia · #4 LKElevation7 m22 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,157of 43,403 · =2,894 Asia · #13 LKAgeOpened 19382026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=870of 15,079 · =95 Asia · #1 LKRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,364of 29,978 · =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

4 channels
APPAPP119.100
CACAPP887.900
RDORDO124.900
TWRRATMALANA TWR118.400