Hingurakgoda Airport

{{Infobox airport

| name = Hingurakgoda Airport
SLAF Hingurakgoda

| nativename-a = {{lang|si|හිඟුරක්ගොඩ ගුවන්තොටුපළ}}

| image =

| IATA = HIM

| ICAO = VCCH

| type = Military / Public

| owner = Government of Sri Lanka

| operator = Sri Lanka Air Force

| city-served = Minneriya

| location = Hingurakgoda, Sri Lanka

| metric-elev = Yes

| elevation-m = 46

| website =

| coordinates = {{coord|08|02|59|N|080|58|53|E|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Sri Lanka

| pushpin_mapsize = 180

| pushpin_relief = yes

| pushpin_label = HIM

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Sri Lanka

| metric-rwy = Yes

| r1-number = 07/25

| r1-length-m = 2287

| r1-surface = Bitumen

| footnotes =

}}

Hingurakgoda Airport ({{langx|si|හිඟුරක්ගොඩ ගුවන්තොටුපළ}} Hingurakgoda Guwanthotupala, {{airport codes|p=n|HIM{{cite web |url=http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/code-search.aspx |title=Airline and Airport Code Search (HIM: Hingurakgoda / Minneriya) |publisher=International Air Transport Association (IATA) |accessdate=2016-01-26}}|VCCH}}), also known as Minneriya Airport, is a domestic airport in Hingurakgoda, Sri Lanka.{{cite web |title=VCCH – HINGURAKGODA / Minneriya |url=http://www.airport.lk/AIS/64-AMD1-15.htm |work=AIP Sri Lanka |publisher=Aeronautical Information Services of the Airport & Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd |date=23 March 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124210433/http://www.airport.lk/AIS/64-AMD1-15.htm |archivedate=2016-01-24 |url-status=live}} It is also a military airbase known as Sri Lanka Air Force Base Hingurakgoda.{{cite web |title=Sri Lanka Air Force Base Hingurakgoda |url=http://airforce.lk/pages.php?pages=hingurakgoda |website=AirForce.lk |publisher=Sri Lanka Air Force |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126021135/http://airforce.lk/pages.php?pages=hingurakgoda |archivedate=2016-01-26 |url-status=live}}

The facility is located {{Convert|6.4|NM|km|1|lk=in|abbr=out}} north of the town of Polonnaruwa at an elevation of {{convert|46|m|0}} and has one runway designated 07/25 with a bitumen surface measuring {{convert|2287x46|m}}.

History

This base was an RAF airfield, RAF Minneriya during World War II from 1942 to 1946, which was renovated and re-established by the Sri Lanka Air Force in 1978.

Facilities

SLAF Hingurakgoda is the fourth-largest airport in Sri Lanka and has the fourth-longest runway in Sri Lanka. The runway can easily accommodate narrow-body aircraft like Airbus A320 family, Boeing 737 and Boeing 757. It can also tightly handle wide-body aircraft like Airbus A300, Airbus A330, Boeing 767, Boeing 777 or even at emergencies a Boeing 747.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}

The airport's sole runway is not equipped with ILS (Instrument Landing System), thus all approaches and takeoffs are performed visually.

Airlines and destinations

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| FitsAir | Charter: Colombo-Ratmalana|

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Lodger Squadrons

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