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Bandaranaike International Airport is the busiest of Sri Lanka‘s two international airports. It is located in Katunayake， 35 km (22 mi) north of Colombo. It is administered by Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd. The airport began as a Royal Air Force base during the Second World War， RAF Negombo. In 1957， when SWRD Bandaranaike removed all the British Military Bases from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)， the base was handed over to the Royal Ceylon Air Force (RCYAF) and renamed Katunayake. Part of it still remains an Air Force base. In 1964 Anil Moonesinghe， the Minister of Communications， commenced the building of a new international airport to replace Ratmalana， with Canadian aid. The new airport was completed in 1967， and Air Ceylon， the National Carrier， commenced international operations from it using a Hawker Siddeley Trident and a leased BOAC BAC VC-10. The airport was also a Trans World Airlines (TWA) hub for a short time. It was named Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA)， after SWRD Bandaranaike， in 1970. It was renamed Katunayake International Airport in 1977 but was once again renamed Bandaranaike International Airport in 1994. In July 24， 2001 a LTTE suicide squad attacked Bandaranaike International Airport. In three waves， a highly trained and heavily armed 14-man squad penetrated the 800-acre high security complex and destroyed or damaged 26 commercial and military aircraft. The attack is among the biggest operations so far launched by the LTTE. In recent years， various expansion projects have been undertaken at Bandaranaike International Airport. A pier with eight aerobridges opened in November 2005， the first of its kind in Sri Lanka.
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班达拉奈克机场三字码：CMB
班达拉奈克机场四字码：VCBI
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