Weerawila Airport ( si, වීරවිල ගුවන්තොටුපළ, translit=Vīravila Guvantoṭupaḷa; ta, வீரவில விமான நிலையம், translit=Vīravila Paṉṉāṭṭu Vāṉūrti Nilaiyam) is a domestic military and civilian airport located in

Weerawila Weerawila Airport ( si, වීරවිල ගුවන්තොටුපළ, translit=Vīravila Guvantoṭupaḷa; ta, வீரவில விமான நிலையம், translit=Vīravila Paṉṉāṭṭu Vāṉūrti Nilaiyam) is a do ...

, in the

Hambantota District Hambantota District ( si, හම්බන්තොට දිස්ත්‍රික්කය ''hambantoṭa distrikkaya''; ta, அம்பாந்தோட்டை மாவட்டம் ''Ampāntōṭṭai māvaṭṭam'') is a district i ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. It is located approximately southeast from the newly built

Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) ( si, මත්තල රාජපක්ෂ ජාත්‍යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපළ, translit=Mattala Rājapakṣa Jātyantara Guvantoṭupaḷa; ta, மத்தல ரா ...

International Airport project

The airport was one of the key sites identified for the development of an international airport, and was to be renamed to Weerawila Airport. The project was later scrapped and finally moved to Mattala, inaugurating under the

title in early 2013.

References

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