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
Lodger Squadrons
References
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External links
- [http://www.airforce.lk/pages.php?pages=hingurakgoda Sri Lanka Air Force Base Hingurakgoda]
{{Airports in Sri Lanka}}
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Category:Airports in Sri Lanka
Category:Sri Lanka Air Force bases
Category:Buildings and structures in North Central Province, Sri Lanka
Category:World War II sites in Sri Lanka
Category:1942 establishments in Ceylon
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