GIU

Sigiriya Air Force Base

ICAO VCCS7.9567°N 80.7285°E192 m / 630 ftSmall airport
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Sigiriya Air Force Base (IATA: GIU, ICAO: VCCS) is a small airport in Sigiriya, Central Province, Sri Lanka. It opened in 1942. It closed in 1946. It has one runway, 1,806 m (5,925 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Sri Lanka Air Force.

Timeline

2 events · 1942–1946
1942
OpenedSigiriya Air Force Base opens.
1946
ClosedSigiriya Air Force Base closes.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
04/22039° / 219°
LENGTH1,806 m5,925 ftWIDTH44 m145 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

2 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from GIU. From the Wikipedia article “Sigiriya Airport” (revision of 13 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway1,806 m5,925 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,787of 29,823 · =1,221 Asia · #5 LKElevation192 m630 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=24,748of 43,341 · =1,375 Asia · #1 LKAgeOpened 19422026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,791of 15,079 · =130 Asia · #2 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
TWRTWR118.100