# China Bay Airport (TRR / VCCT)

**China Bay Airport** (IATA: TRR, ICAO: VCCT) is a medium airport in Trincomalee, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. It has one runway, 2,393 m (7,850 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Sri Lanka Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TRR / VCCT
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Sri Lanka Air Force
- Serves: Trincomalee, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
- Elevation: 2 m / 6 ft
- Coordinates: 8.5392, 81.1813
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,393 m / 7,850 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Bay_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7390732
- Weather station: VCCT · WMO 43418
- Ident: VCCT

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 2,393 m / 7,850 ft | 26 m / 85 ft | Asphalt | 059° / 239° |  |

## Routes

4 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [JAF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vccj.md) Jaffna International Airport · Sri Lanka · 185 km / 115 mi · Helitours
- [CMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcbi.md) Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport · Sri Lanka · 208 km / 129 mi · Cinnamon Air
- [RML](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vccc.md) Colombo Ratmalana International Airport · Sri Lanka · 238 km / 148 mi · Helitours

### Charter (3)

- [JAF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vccj.md) Jaffna International Airport · Sri Lanka · 185 km / 115 mi · FitsAir
- [RML](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vccc.md) Colombo Ratmalana International Airport · Sri Lanka · 238 km / 148 mi · Air Senok, FitsAir
- [HRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcri.md) Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport · Sri Lanka · 251 km / 156 mi · Helitours

### Cargo (1)

- [RML](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vccc.md) Colombo Ratmalana International Airport · Sri Lanka · 238 km / 148 mi · FitsAir

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (4)

- HLT [Helitours](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/helitours) · 3
- 8D [FitsAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fitsair) · 2 · charter
- MVS [Air Senok](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-senok) · 1 · charter
- C7 [Cinnamon Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cinnamon-air) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,393 m / 7,850 ft | =2,936 of 29,858 | =922 in Asia | #3 in LK |
| Elevation | 2 m / 6 ft | =42,960 of 43,403 | =3,175 in Asia | #18 in LK |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in LK |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 118.100 |
| TWR | TWR | 126.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [HIM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcch.md) Hingurakgoda Air Force Base · 59 km / 36 mi
- [ACJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcca.md) Anuradhapura Airport · 87 km / 54 mi
- [BTC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vccb.md) Batticaloa International Airport · 108 km / 67 mi
- [ADP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vccg.md) Ampara Airport · 142 km / 88 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: “China Bay Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=China_Bay_Airport&oldid=1366624797), revision of 29 Jul 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/vcct/data