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General data
Negombo RAF Station
Sri Lanka
IATA code:CMB
ICAO code: VCBI
Elevation: 29 feet / 9 m
Opened: 1944
Airport history:  
1944Negombo RAF Station
Katunayake RAF Station
1957Katunayake Air Base
1970Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport
1977Colombo-Katunayake International Airport
1995Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport

9 occurrences in the ASN safety database

date type registration operator fat. location   pic cat
04-FEB-2004Ilyushin Il-18D EX-005 Phoenix Air, op.for Expo Aviation 0 Colombo-Bandaran... A1
24-JUL-2001Airbus A320-231 4R-ABA SriLankan Airlines 0 Colombo-Bandaran... C1
24-JUL-2001Airbus A340-312 4R-ADD SriLankan Airlines 0 Colombo-Bandaran... C1
24-JUL-2001Airbus A330-243 4R-ALF SriLankan Airlines 0 Colombo-Bandaran... C1
24-JUL-2001Airbus A330-243 4R-ALE SriLankan Airlines 0 Colombo-Bandaran... C1
24-MAR-2000Antonov An-12BK RA-11302 Antey, op.for Sky Cabs 6+ 3 near Colombo-Bandaran... A1
03-MAY-1986Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 100 4R-ULD Air Lanka 14 Colombo-Katunaya... C1
15-NOV-1978DC-8-63CF TF-FLA Loftleidir, opf Garuda 183 near Colombo-Bandaran... A1
15-JAN-1963Douglas DC-6A G-APON Cunard Eagle Airways 0 Colombo-Katunaya...   A2


date type registration operator fat. location   pic cat
10-JUN-1959Martin PBM-5A Mariner P-306 Dutch Navy 8 Mormugao, Goa A1
18-MAR-1947Avro 685 York C.1 MW198 RAF 11 near Negombo RAF Station   A1
23-MAR-1946Avro 691 Lancastrian C.1 G-AGLX BOAC, op.for Qantas 10 Indian Ocean   A1


date type registration operator fat. location   pic cat
12-APR-1951Handley Page Hastings C.1 TG552 RAF 0 Negombo RAF Station   A1

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