Ampara Airport Explained

Ampara Airport
SLAF Ampara
Nativename-A:Sinhala; Sinhalese: අම්පාර ගුවන්තොටුපළ
Tamil: அம்பாறை விமான நிலையம்
Iata:ADP
Icao:VCCG
Type:Military/Public
Owner:Government of Sri Lanka
Operator:Sri Lanka Air Force
City-Served:Ampara
Location:Gal-Oya, Sri Lanka
Used:1989 – present
Commander:C. Wickramaratne
Metric-Elev:Yes
Elevation-M:46
Coordinates:7.3369°N 81.6303°W
Pushpin Map:Sri Lanka
Pushpin Mapsize:180
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Label:ADP
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Sri Lanka
Metric-Rwy:Yes
R1-Number:07/25
R1-Length-M:1097
R1-Surface:Bitumen

Ampara Airport (Sinhala; Sinhalese: අම්පාර ගුවන්තොටුපළ|translit=Ampāra Guvantoṭupaḷa; Tamil: அம்பாறை விமான நிலையம்|translit=Ampāṟai Vimāṉa Nilaiyam;), also known Gal-Oya Airport, is a domestic airport in Gal-Oya in southeastern Sri Lanka.[1] It is also a military airbase known as Sri Lanka Air Force Ampara or SLAF Ampara.[2]

The facility is located 4.35NM northwest of the town of Ampara at an elevation of 46m (151feet) and has one runway designated 07/25 with a bitumen surface measuring .

History

An air strip in Gal Oya near Uhana was built in the 1950s by the Gal Oya Development Board.[3] A Sri Lanka Air Force detachment from SLAF Katunayake moved onto the air strip on 19 December 1989.[4] The Regimental Training Center opened at the base in July 2000.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: VCCG – GAL-OYA / Amparai . AIP Sri Lanka . Aeronautical Information Services of the Airport & Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd . 17 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160124210036/http://www.airport.lk/AIS/47-AMD1-13.htm . 24 January 2016 . dead . 24 January 2016 . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Sri Lanka Air Force Ampara . AirForce.lk . Sri Lanka Air Force . https://web.archive.org/web/20160126034030/http://airforce.lk/pages.php?pages=ampara . 2016-01-26 . live.
  3. Web site: Sri Lankan Aviation History . Ministry of Civil Aviation, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131212033745/http://www.aviationmin.gov.lk/en/sub_pgs/aboutus_SL%20Av.%20History.html . 2013-12-12 .
  4. Web site: History of Air Force Ampara . . https://web.archive.org/web/20071221072443/http://www.airforce.lk/est/amp/amphisse.htm . 21 December 2007.