# Vavuniya Airport, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka

**Vavuniya Airport** is a small airport in Vavuniya, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It has one runway, 1,542 m (5,060 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Sri Lanka Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Sri Lanka Air Force
- Serves: Vavuniya, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
- Elevation: 91 m / 299 ft
- Coordinates: 8.7410, 80.4978
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,542 m / 5,060 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vavuniya_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7390739
- Weather station: VCCA · WMO 43421
- Ident: VCCV

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 1,542 m / 5,060 ft | 24 m / 80 ft | Asphalt | 041° / 221° |  |

## Routes

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

### Charter (2)

- [CMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcbi.md) Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport · Sri Lanka · 186 km / 116 mi · SriLankan Airlines
- [RML](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vccc.md) Colombo Ratmalana International Airport · Sri Lanka · 224 km / 139 mi · FitsAir, Helitours

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- 8D [FitsAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fitsair) · 1 · charter
- HLT [Helitours](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/helitours) · 1 · charter
- UL [SriLankan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/srilankan-airlines) · 1 · charter

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,542 m / 5,060 ft | =6,211 of 29,858 | #1,337 in Asia | #7 in LK |
| Elevation | 91 m / 299 ft | =31,371 of 43,403 | =1,760 in Asia | #3 in LK |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in LK |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [ACJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcca.md) Anuradhapura Airport · 49 km / 31 mi
- [LK-0001](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lk-0001.md) Iranamadu Airport · 63 km / 39 mi
- [LK-0004](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lk-0004.md) Sri Lanka Air Force Station Mullaitivu · 64 km / 40 mi
- [LK-0003](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lk-0003.md) Thalladi Airfield · 64 km / 40 mi
- [TRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcct.md) China Bay Airport · 78 km / 49 mi
- [GIU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vccs.md) Sigiriya Air Force Base · 91 km / 56 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: “Vavuniya Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vavuniya_Airport&oldid=1363486711), revision of 10 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/vccv/data