# Weerawila Airport (WRZ / VCCW)

**Weerawila Airport** (IATA: WRZ, ICAO: VCCW) is a small airport in Weerawila, Southern Province, Sri Lanka. It has one runway, 1,219 m (4,000 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Sri Lanka Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WRZ / VCCW
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Sri Lanka Air Force
- Serves: Weerawila, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
- Elevation: 15 m / 50 ft
- Coordinates: 6.2545, 81.2352
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,219 m / 4,000 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weerawila_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1931181
- Weather station: VCRI · WMO 43497
- Ident: VCCW

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 1,219 m / 4,000 ft | 28 m / 93 ft | Asphalt | 069° / 249° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,219 m / 4,000 ft | =9,646 of 29,858 | =1,547 in Asia | #10 in LK |
| Elevation | 15 m / 50 ft | =39,196 of 43,403 | =2,602 in Asia | #10 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

- [HRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcri.md) Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport · 13 km / 7.9 mi
- [KCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcck.md) Koggala Airport · 105 km / 65 mi
- [ADP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vccg.md) Ampara Airport · 128 km / 79 mi
- [KTY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vccn.md) Katukurunda Air Force Base · 143 km / 89 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)
- [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/vccw/data