班达拉奈克机场简介

Bandaranaike?International?Airport?is?the?busiest?of?Sri?Lanka‘s?two?international?airports.?It?is?located?in?Katunayake，?35?km?(22?mi)?north?of?Colombo.?It?is?administered?by?Airport?and?Aviation?Services?(Sri?Lanka)?Ltd.?The?airport?began?as?a?Royal?Air?Force?base?during?the?Second?World?War，?RAF?Negombo.?In?1957，?when?SWRD?Bandaranaike?removed?all?the?British?Military?Bases?from?Sri?Lanka?(Ceylon)，?the?base?was?handed?over?to?the?Royal?Ceylon?Air?Force?(RCYAF)?and?renamed?Katunayake.?Part?of?it?still?remains?an?Air?Force?base.?In?1964?Anil?Moonesinghe，?the?Minister?of?Communications，?commenced?the?building?of?a?new?international?airport?to?replace?Ratmalana，?with?Canadian?aid.?The?new?airport?was?completed?in?1967，?and?Air?Ceylon，?the?National?Carrier，?commenced?international?operations?from?it?using?a?Hawker?Siddeley?Trident?and?a?leased?BOAC?BAC?VC-10.?The?airport?was?also?a?Trans?World?Airlines?(TWA)?hub?for?a?short?time.?It?was?named?Bandaranaike?International?Airport?(BIA)，?after?SWRD?Bandaranaike，?in?1970.?It?was?renamed?Katunayake?International?Airport?in?1977?but?was?once?again?renamed?Bandaranaike?International?Airport?in?1994.?In?July?24，?2001?a?LTTE?suicide?squad?attacked?Bandaranaike?International?Airport.?In?three?waves，?a?highly?trained?and?heavily?armed?14-man?squad?penetrated?the?800-acre?high?security?complex?and?destroyed?or?damaged?26?commercial?and?military?aircraft.?The?attack?is?among?the?biggest?operations?so?far?launched?by?the?LTTE.?In?recent?years，?various?expansion?projects?have?been?undertaken?at?Bandaranaike?International?Airport.?A?pier?with?eight?aerobridges?opened?in?November?2005，?the?first?of?its?kind?in?Sri?Lanka.

机场代码

班达拉奈克机场三字码：CMB

班达拉奈克机场四字码：VCBI