Koggala Airport
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Koggala Airport කොග්ගල ගුවන්තොටුපළ | |||||||||||
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AMSL 10 ft / 3 m | | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 5°59′38″N 80°19′14″E / 5.99389°N 80.32056°E | ||||||||||
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  KCT Location of airport in Sri Lanka | |||||||||||
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Koggala Airport (Sinhala: කොග්ගල ගුවන්තොටුපළ Koggala Guwanthotupala) (IATA: KCT, ICAO: VCCK) in Sri Lanka was originally a Royal Air Force (RAF) Station RAF Koggala. It is now the SLAF Koggala, used for domestic flights and for military purposes.
History
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Prior to the
Chuichi Nagumo on 4 April 1942 off the coast of Ceylon. Two Sunderlands from Koggala rescued a group of wounded Chindits
from Burma in June 1944.
After the loss of Singapore by the British, the
B-24 Liberator and Avro Lancastrian
aeroplanes.
After the war the airport began to develop as a land base. A
Avro 748 and Nord Aviation
262 aircraft. These services were terminated following the closure of Air Ceylon in 1978.
Koggala continued as a
ATR-72
.
The Government of Sri Lanka expects to upgrade the Koggala airport to international standards as an alternative airport to the BIA. The feasibility study, by a U.S. agency, has been completed.[needs update]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Colombo–Ratmalana
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| Cinnamon Air | Colombo–Bandaranaike, Waters Edge Colombo City (DWO)[1] |
| Colombo–Ratmalana
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Colombo–Ratmalana, Hambantota–Mattala
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References
- ^ "Air Taxi Schedules Sri Lanka | Cinnamon Air Taxi Schedules". Archived from the original on 2016-12-23.
External links
- Runway
- 222 Group
- CEYLON FLYING BOAT BASE (29/11/1944)
- Leslie Tomlin's War at RAF Koggala, Sri Lanka 1942-45
Further reading
Richter, Trevor (2016). Flying Boats, Fathers & Fate. Woodfield Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781846831683.