{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport","iataCode":"HRI","icaoCode":"VCRI","city":"Mattala","country":"LK","airportType":"large_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":6.284467,"longitude":81.124128},"elevationMeters":48,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"Opened in March 2013 under President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Mattala Rajapaksa International was built to serve southeast Sri Lanka from a site about 18 km from Hambantota. The ambition was large, but traffic never followed: the field has become widely known as one of the world's emptiest airports, with daily passenger numbers at times in the single digits. Air cargo is effectively absent — zero tonnes were reported for 2021, and no dedicated freight operation has taken root since. No based integrato","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/mattala-rajapaksa-international-airport-hri","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/mattala-rajapaksa-international-airport-hri","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport · (IATA: HRI) · Mattala, LK · 48 m"}