Highest Airports in Sri Lanka

Airports in Sri Lanka ranked by elevation above sea level.

📅 2026📏 metres18 entries🇱🇰 See all of this country’s rankings →

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (metres, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

Sigiriya Air Force BaseSigiriya · 630 ft above sea level

192 m

Anuradhapura AirportAnuradhapura · 324 ft above sea level

99 m

Vavuniya AirportVavuniya · 299 ft above sea level

91 m

Iranamadu AirportKilinochchi · 183 ft above sea level

56 m

Hingurakgoda Air Force BasePolonnaruwa Town · 170 ft above sea level

52 m

Mattala Rajapaksa International AirportMattala · 157 ft above sea level

48 m

Ampara AirportAmpara · 150 ft above sea level

46 m

Palaviya AirportPuttalam · 92 ft above sea level

28 m

Sri Lanka Air Force Station MullaitivuKeppapulavu · 63 ft above sea level

19 m

Weerawila AirportWeerawila · 50 ft above sea level

15 m

Jaffna International AirportJaffna · 33 ft above sea level

10 m

Bandaranaike International Colombo AirportColombo · 30 ft above sea level

9 m

Colombo Ratmalana International AirportColombo · 22 ft above sea level

7 m

Batticaloa International AirportBatticaloa · 20 ft above sea level

6 m

Thalladi AirfieldThiruketheeswaram · 14 ft above sea level

4 m

Katukurunda Air Force BaseKalutara · 10 ft above sea level

3 m

Koggala AirportGalle · 10 ft above sea level

3 m

China Bay AirportTrincomalee · 6 ft above sea level

2 m

Highlights

Within Sri Lanka, Sigiriya Air Force Base ranks first in 2026 with 192 m, followed by Anuradhapura Airport (99 m) and Vavuniya Airport (91 m).

Sigiriya Air Force Base is 1.9 times higher than Anuradhapura Airport, the runner-up.

Across 18 entries, values run from 192 m (Sigiriya Air Force Base) to 2 m (China Bay Airport), with a median of 17 m.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets, 2026. Unit: metres.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets · Public domain (OurAirports) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — Airport and runway records are community maintained and released to the public domain; no guarantee of accuracy is made. Only active small, medium, and large airports are included.

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Highlights

Within Sri Lanka, Sigiriya Air Force Base ranks first in 2026 with 192 m, followed by Anuradhapura Airport (99 m) and Vavuniya Airport (91 m).

Sigiriya Air Force Base is 1.9 times higher than Anuradhapura Airport, the runner-up.

Across 18 entries, values run from 192 m (Sigiriya Air Force Base) to 2 m (China Bay Airport), with a median of 17 m.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets, 2026. Unit: metres.