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, in the
Hambantota District of
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.
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
Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport title in early 2013.
References
Airports in Sri Lanka
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