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Ratmalana International airport in Colombo (Sri Lanka)
Ratmalana International airport is located near Colombo, with Galkissa at 2mi↑, Maharagama at 3mi↑, Moratuwa at 3mi↑, Timbirigasyaya at 5mi↑, Pita Kotte at 5mi↑, Battaramulla South at 6mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Sri Lanka and Southernmost airports in Sri Lanka
→ See also airports in Sri Lanka
aerial view of Ratmalana International airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : VCCC
- IATA code : RML
- Local code : -
Elevation : 7 m = 23ft
→ See also Highest airports in Sri Lanka and Lowest airports in Sri Lanka
Runways
- runway 04/22 : 1833m = 6014ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Sri Lanka
Coming to Ratmalana International airport
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By plane :
- Ratmalana International airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Diyawanna Oya seaplane base at 6mi : book on Trip.com
- Beira Lake seaplane base at 8mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Ratmalana International airport VCCC RML
METAR for Ratmalana International airport VCCC RML
VCCC 071300Z 26004KT 9000 FEW012 SCT016 BKN060 29/25 Q1010 A2982
Decoded METAR for Ratmalana International airport VCCC RML
METAR issued by VCCC on Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 13:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 1 days and 25 hours and -1383 minutes ago.
visibility is 9km = 6mi.
The temperature is 29°C = 84°F, dew point is 25°C = 77°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 79 %.
QNH is 1010hPa = 29.83inHg
Wind 7km/h = 4kt, direction is 260°.
Clouds : few clouds at 1200ft = 370m. scattered clouds at 1600ft = 490m. broken at 6000ft = 1830m.
A2982
No TAF for Ratmalana International airport
but aviation weather is available at Bandaranaike International airport (VCBI) at 25mi↑
NOTAM for Ratmalana International airport
Around Ratmalana International airport in Colombo (Sri Lanka)
near
- Hotels in Galkissa
- TianAn Rega Hotel (Beijing) at 3213mi↑
- Station de montagne Saint-Moritz at 4931mi↑
- Station de montagne Davos Klosters at 4936mi↑
- Station de montagne Arosa Lenzerheide at 4946mi↑
- Station de montagne Laax at 4962mi↑
- Station de montagne Aletsch Arena at 5012mi↑
- Station de montagne Saas Fee at 5017mi↑
- Station de montagne Grindelwald-Wengen at 5020mi↑
- Station de montagne Zermatt at 5024mi↑
- Station de montagne La Colmiane at 5032mi↑
- Station de montagne Kandersteg-Sunnbüel-Oeschinensee at 5033mi↑
- Station de montagne Isola 2000 at 5037mi↑
- for Ratmalana International airport at 0mi↑
- for Diyawanna Oya airport at 6mi↑
- for Beira Lake airport at 8mi↑
nearest airports to Ratmalana International airport in Colombo (Sri Lanka)
- Diyawanna Oya seaplane base ( DWO ) at 6mi↑
- Beira Lake seaplane base ( BYV ) at 8mi↑
- Kelani-Peliyagoda seaplane base ( KEZ ) at 9mi↑
- Katukurunda Air Force Base airport (VCCN KTY ) at 20mi↑NOTAM
- Dandugama seaplane base ( DGM ) at 20mi↑
- Bandaranaike International airport (VCBI CMB ) at 25mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Bentota River Waterdrome seaplane base ( BJT ) at 28mi↑
- Castlereagh Lake seaplane base ( NUF ) at 48mi↑
- Nuwara Eliya (Lake Gregory) Waterdrome seaplane base ( LK-0005) at 62mi↑
- Polgolla Reservoir seaplane base ( KDZ ) at 62mi↑
→ See also Former airports in Sri Lanka
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap