{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Hingurakgoda Air Force Base","iataCode":"HIM","icaoCode":"VCCH","city":"Polonnaruwa Town","country":"LK","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":8.04981,"longitude":80.9814},"elevationMeters":52,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"Runway 07/25 stretches about 2,287 metres, among the longest in Sri Lanka, and is now being extended to 2,500 metres as Hingurakgoda (HIM/VCCH) is developed into the country's sixth international airport, a phased project the government has costed at around LKR 17 billion. Until that work matures, the field roughly 12 km north of Polonnaruwa stays primarily a Sri Lanka Air Force base with thin domestic service, reopened to civil flights in 2012. There is no commercial cargo handling, no bonded w","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/hingurakgoda-air-force-base-airport-him","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/hingurakgoda-air-force-base-airport-him","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Hingurakgoda Air Force Base · (IATA: HIM) · Polonnaruwa Town, LK · 52 m"}