# Jaffna International Airport (JAF / VCCJ)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: JAF / VCCJ
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Sri Lanka Air Force
- Serves: Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
- Opened: 2019 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 10 m / 33 ft
- Coordinates: 9.7923, 80.0701
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,400 m / 4,593 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffna_International_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7390742
- Weather station: VCCJ · WMO 43400
- Ident: VCCJ

## Timeline

- 2019: Jaffna International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 1,400 m / 4,593 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Routes

3 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [TRZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/votr.md) Tiruchirappalli International Airport · India · 183 km / 114 mi · IndiGo
- [MAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vomm.md) Chennai International Airport · India · 356 km / 221 mi · IndiGo

### Charter (1)

- [RML](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vccc.md) Colombo Ratmalana International Airport · Sri Lanka · 331 km / 206 mi · Air Senok, FitsAir

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 2
- MVS [Air Senok](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-senok) · 1 · charter
- 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,400 m / 4,593 ft | =7,798 of 29,858 | =1,431 in Asia | #9 in LK |
| Elevation | 10 m / 33 ft | =40,220 of 43,403 | =2,749 in Asia | #11 in LK |
| Age | Opened 2019 | =13,814 of 15,079 | =775 in Asia | #5 in LK |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in LK |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 124.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [LK-0001](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lk-0001.md) Iranamadu Airport · 71 km / 44 mi
- [LK-0004](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lk-0004.md) Sri Lanka Air Force Station Mullaitivu · 93 km / 58 mi
- [LK-0003](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lk-0003.md) Thalladi Airfield · 95 km / 59 mi
- [VCCV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vccv.md) Vavuniya Airport · 126 km / 78 mi
- [VORM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vorm.md) Ramnad Naval Air Station · 131 km / 82 mi
- [TJV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/votj.md) Thanjavur Air Force Station · 148 km / 92 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: “Jaffna International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jaffna_International_Airport&oldid=1376459358), revision of 24 Sep 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/vccj/data