# Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI / VCRI)

**Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport** (IATA: HRI, ICAO: VCRI) is a medium airport in Mattala, Southern Province, Sri Lanka. It has one runway, 3,500 m (11,483 ft) long, asphalt. In 2019 it handled 2 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HRI / VCRI
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Mattala, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
- Elevation: 48 m / 157 ft
- Coordinates: 6.2839, 81.1242
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,500 m / 11,483 ft
- Passengers: 1,536 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Colombo
- Website: http://www.airport.lk/hia/hia.php
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattala_Rajapaksa_International_Airport (21 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q652678
- Weather station: VCRI · WMO 43497
- Ident: VCRI

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 3,500 m / 11,483 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 20,474 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,536 | Wikidata |

## Routes

12 destinations in 5 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Seasonal (1)

- [TAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttt.md) Tashkent International Airport · Uzbekistan · 4,062 km / 2,524 mi · Centrum Air

### Seasonal charter (11)

- [ALA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaaa.md) Almaty International Airport · Kazakhstan · 4,141 km / 2,573 mi · SCAT Airlines
- [OVB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unnt.md) Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport · Russia · 5,421 km / 3,368 mi · Azur Air
- [MRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmm.md) Mineralnye Vody Airport · Russia · 5,605 km / 3,483 mi · Azur Air
- [UFA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwuu.md) Ufa International Airport · Russia · 5,824 km / 3,619 mi · Azur Air
- [TJM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ustr.md) Roshchino International Airport · Russia · 5,825 km / 3,619 mi · Azur Air
- [SVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usss.md) Koltsovo Airport · Russia · 5,886 km / 3,657 mi · Azur Air
- [KUF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwww.md) Kurumoch International Airport · Russia · 5,948 km / 3,696 mi · Azur Air
- [KZN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwkd.md) Kazan International Airport · Russia · 6,165 km / 3,831 mi · Azur Air
- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 6,706 km / 4,167 mi · Azur Air
- [SOF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lbsf.md) Sofia Airport · Bulgaria · 6,930 km / 4,306 mi · Bulgaria Air
- [MSQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umms.md) Minsk National Airport · Belarus · 7,103 km / 4,414 mi · Belavia

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (5)

- ZF [Azur Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azur-air) · 8 · seasonal charter
- B2 [Belavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/belavia) · 1 · seasonal charter
- FB [Bulgaria Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bulgaria-air) · 1 · seasonal charter
- C6 [Centrum Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/centrum-air) · 1 · seasonal
- DV [SCAT Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scat-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2K (2019) | #3,225 of 3,974 | #879 in Asia | #2 in LK |
| Longest runway | 3,500 m / 11,483 ft | =488 of 29,858 | =149 in Asia | #1 in LK |
| Elevation | 48 m / 157 ft | =35,091 of 43,403 | =2,087 in Asia | #6 in LK |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in LK |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tower |  | 119.850 |
| Ground |  | 121.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [KCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vcck.md) Koggala Airport · 95 km / 59 mi
- [ADP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vccg.md) Ampara Airport · 129 km / 80 mi
- [RML](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vccc.md) Colombo Ratmalana International Airport · 149 km / 93 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: “Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mattala_Rajapaksa_International_Airport&oldid=1376873687), revision of 26 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/vcri/data