# Hingurakgoda Air Force Base (HIM / VCCH)

**Hingurakgoda Air Force Base** (IATA: HIM, ICAO: VCCH) is a medium airport in Polonnaruwa Town, North Central Province, Sri Lanka. It is operated by Sri Lanka Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HIM / VCCH
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Sri Lanka Air Force
- Serves: Polonnaruwa Town, North Central Province, Sri Lanka
- Elevation: 52 m / 170 ft
- Coordinates: 8.0498, 80.9814
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
- Website: http://www.airforce.lk/pages.php?pages=hingurakgoda
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hingurakgoda_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2339694
- Ident: VCCH

## 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 · 182 km / 113 mi · FitsAir

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 8D [FitsAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fitsair) · 1 · charter

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 52 m / 170 ft | =34,720 of 43,403 | =2,044 in Asia | #5 in LK |

## Nearby airports

- [TRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcct.md) China Bay Airport · 59 km / 36 mi
- [ACJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcca.md) Anuradhapura Airport · 67 km / 42 mi
- [BTC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vccb.md) Batticaloa International Airport · 86 km / 53 mi
- [ADP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vccg.md) Ampara Airport · 106 km / 66 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: “Hingurakgoda Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hingurakgoda_Airport&oldid=1368464463), revision of 9 Aug 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/vcch/data