| 词条 | Sigiriya Airport |
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| name = Sigiriya Airport | nativename = | nativename-a = | nativename-r = | image = | image-width = | caption = | image2 = | image2-width = | caption2 = | IATA = GIU | ICAO = VCCS | LID = | GPS = | WMO = | type = Military/Public | owner-oper = | owner = Government of Sri Lanka | operator = Sri Lanka Air Force | city-served = Dambulla | location = Sigiriya, Central Province, Sri Lanka | hub = | focus_city = | opened = 1942, 1985 | closed = 1946 | passenger_services_ceased = | built = | used = 1942 - 1946 1985 - Present | commander = C. P. Gunatileke | occupants = | metric-elev = Yes | elevation-f = 630 | elevation-m = 192 | website = | coordinates = {{coord|07|57|21.20|N|80|43|41.20|E|region:LK-2|display=inline,title}} | image_map = | image_mapsize = | image_map_alt = | image_map_caption = | pushpin_map = Sri Lanka | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_image = Sri Lanka relief location map.jpg | pushpin_label = GIU | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_mark = | pushpin_marksize = | metric-rwy = Yes | r1-number = 04/22 | r1-length-f = 5801 | r1-length-m = 1768 | r1-surface = Asphalt | stat1-header = | stat1-data = | stat-year = | footnotes = }}Sigiriya Airport {{Airport codes|GIU|VCCS}} is an air force base and domestic airport located in central Sri Lanka.[1] Located near the city of Dambulla, the airport is also known as SLAF Sigiriya.[2] HistorySigiriya Airport was first opened in 1942 as an airfield established by the Royal Air Force during World War II. A number of RAF squadrons (8, 160, 200, 203, 354) and other units were stationed at the airfield during and immediately after the war.[3] With the end of the war, and subsequently no use for the airfield it was abandoned by the RAF in 1946.[4] On 19 April 1985 the airfield was opened again for the Sri Lanka Air Force by Lalith Athulathmudali, then Minister of National Security and Deputy Minister of Defence, on the invitation of Air Marshal Donald Perera, Commander of the Air Force. Airlines and destinations{{Airport destination list| Air Senok|Charter: Colombo-Ratmalana | FitsAir | Charter: Colombo-Ratmalana | Millennium Airlines | Charter: Colombo-Ratmalana, Colombo-Bandaranaike |Helitours| Charter: Colombo-Ratmalana, Hambantota-Mattala | {{nowrap|SriLankan Airlines}} {{nowrap|operated by Cinnamon Air}} | Colombo-Bandaranaike, Trincomalee }} References1. ^{{cite web|title=VCCS - Sigiriya|url=http://www.airport.lk/AIS/PDF/A17.pdf|publisher=Aeronautical Information Services of Sri Lanka, Airport & Aviation Services|accessdate=13 March 2014}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=VCCS - Airport|url=http://www.gcmap.com/airport/VCCS|publisher=Great Circle Mapper|accessdate=13 March 2014}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=RAF Sigiriya|url=http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-S.htm#Sigiriya|publisher=Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation|accessdate=13 March 2014}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Sri Lanka Air Force Sigiriya|url=http://www.airforce.lk/pages.php?pages=Sigiriya|publisher=Sri Lanka Air Force|accessdate=13 March 2014}} External links
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