JAF

Jaffna International Airport

ICAO VCCJ9.7923°N 80.0701°E10 m / 33 ftLarge airport
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Jaffna International Airport (IATA: JAF, ICAO: VCCJ) is a large airport in Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It opened in 2019. It has one runway, 1,400 m (4,593 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Sri Lanka Air Force.

Timeline

1 event · 2019–2019
2019
OpenedJaffna International Airport opens.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
05/23 · LIT
LENGTH1,400 m4,593 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

3 destinations · 2 countries
Most destinationsIndiGo 2Air Senok 1FitsAir 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from JAF. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Jaffna International Airport” (revision of 24 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway1,400 m4,593 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=7,794of 29,823 · =1,436 Asia · #9 LKElevation10 m33 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,160of 43,341 · =2,754 Asia · #11 LKAgeOpened 20192026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=13,827of 15,079 · =776 Asia · #5 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
TWRTWR124.300