Ampara Airport
airport in Sri Lanka
Ampara Airport (Sinhala: අම්පාර ගුවන්තොටුපළ, romanized: Ampāra Guvantoṭupaḷa; Tamil: அம்பாறை விமான நிலையம், romanized: Ampāṟai Vimāṉa Nilaiyam; IATA: ADP, ICAO: VCCG), also known Gal-Oya Airport, is a domestic airport in Gal-Oya in southeastern Sri Lanka. It is also a military airbase known as Sri Lanka Air Force Ampara or SLAF Ampara.
The facility is located 4.35 nautical miles (8.1 km) northwest of the town of Ampara at an elevation of 46 metres (151 ft) and has one runway designated 07/25 with a bitumen surface measuring 1,097 by 46 metres (3,599 ft × 151 ft).
History
An air strip in Gal Oya near Uhana was built in the 1950s by the Gal Oya Development Board. A Sri Lanka Air Force detachment from SLAF Katunayake moved onto the air strip on 19 December 1989. The Regimental Training Center opened at the base in July 2000.
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