Colombo Airport

13 Flight routes to & from Colombo (CMB)

Flight London (LON) - Colombo (CMB)
Air Canada (AC6888, AC6886), SriLankan Airlines (UL504, UL506), TUI Airways (BY76), Thomas Cook Airlines UK (MT3748)
£665.18
Flight Colombo (CMB) - Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
Malaysia Airlines (MH9008, MH9010), SriLankan Airlines (UL314, UL318), Air India (AI6204, AI6202), Etihad Airways (EY7161), Japan Airlines (JL5731)
£240.18
Flight Abu Dhabi (AUH) - Colombo (CMB)
Air France (AF3804, AF3812), ALITALIA (AZ5746, AZ5790), KLM (KL3866), Etihad Airways (EY264), Air Serbia (JU8117), S7 Airlines (S74607)
£338.13
Flight Sharjah (SHJ) - Colombo (CMB)
Air Arabia (G9501, G9503, G9507)
£363.77
Flight Doha (DOH) - Colombo (CMB)
Qatar Airways (QR664, QR654, QR662), Finnair (AY6017), British Airways (BA6364, BA6366, BA2896), S7 Airlines (S74741)
£343.95
Flight Kuwait (KWI) - Colombo (CMB)
SriLankan Airlines (UL230), Kuwait Airways (KU361, KU363)
£268.16
Flight Kuala Lumpur (KUL) - Colombo (CMB)
Malaysia Airlines (MH9009, MH9011), SriLankan Airlines (UL315, UL319), Etihad Airways (EY7162), Air India (AI6203, AI6201), Japan Airlines (JL5730)
£246.01
Flight Karachi (KHI) - Colombo (CMB)
Malaysia Airlines (MH9006), SriLankan Airlines (UL184)
£490.86
Flight Colombo (CMB) - London Heathrow (LHR)
Air Canada (AC6887, AC6885), SriLankan Airlines (UL503, UL505)
£872.14
Flight Colombo (CMB) - London Gatwick (LGW)
TUI Airways (BY77), Thomas Cook Airlines UK (MT3749)
£1,008.57
Flight London Gatwick (LGW) - Colombo (CMB)
TUI Airways (BY76), Thomas Cook Airlines UK (MT3748)
£691.42
Flight London Heathrow (LHR) - Colombo (CMB)
Air Canada (AC6888, AC6886), SriLankan Airlines (UL504, UL506)
£665.18

Colombo Airport

Colombo - Bandaranaike International airport is the only international and also the main airport of the island nation of Sri Lanka, which is south of the Indian subcontinent in the Indian Ocean.
  • URL: Colombo (CMB)
  • Time zone: GMT 6
  • Service telephone: +94 11 226 4444
  • Address: Colombo - Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake, Sri Lanka
  • Operating company: Airports and Aviation Services Ltd
  • Parking: Yes; paid short and long-term parking
  • Nearby cities: Negombo (6 km), Colombo (28 km), Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (31 km), Pita Kotte (33 km), Galkissa (39 km), Moratuwa (45 km), Kandy (84 km)
  • Directions by car: The airport is near the main road A3 about 32 km or 19 miles from Colombo near the town of Katunayake.
  • Flight distribution on the days of the week: Monday (14.86%), Tuesday (13.96%), Wednesday (13.44%), Thursday (14.63%), Friday (14.18%), Saturday (14.50%), Sunday (14.44%)
  • Alternative spelling: Bandaranaike International Airport, Kolombo, Каломба (Шры-Ланка), Коломбо, Κολόμπο, Կոլոմբո, კოლომბო, קולומבו, کلمبو, کولمبو, كولومبو, كولمبو, ކޮޅުނބު, કોલંબો, ကိုလံဘိုမြို့, କଲୋମ୍ବୋ, कोलम्बो, කොළඹ, கொழும்பு, కొలంబో, ಕೊಲಂಬೊ, കൊളംബോ, কলম্বো, कोलंबो, โคลัมโบ, 콜롬보, コロンボ, 可倫坡, 哥林堡

Most popular destinations from Colombo (Flights per week )

  1. Chennai (Madras) (146, 11,86 %)
  2. Male International Airport (98, 7,96 %)
  3. Dubai (92, 7,47 %)
  4. Delhi Indira Gandhi (54, 4,39 %)
  5. Mumbai (Bombay) (38, 3,09 %)
  6. Kuala Lumpur (36, 2,92 %)
  7. Koggala (32, 2,60 %)
  8. Sigiriya (32, 2,60 %)
  9. Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte (32, 2,60 %)
  10. Muscat Seeb (30, 2,44 %)
  11. other (52.07 %)

Top airlines (percentage of departures and arrivals)

  1. SriLankan Airlines (1288, 53,27 %)
  2. Cinnamon Air (132, 5,46 %)
  3. Emirates Airline (120, 4,96 %)
  4. Go First (98, 4,05 %)
  5. flydubai (96, 3,97 %)
  6. IndiGo Airlines (96, 3,97 %)
  7. Gulf Air (64, 2,65 %)
  8. Spicejet (64, 2,65 %)
  9. Air India (58, 2,40 %)
  10. Turkish Airlines (48, 1,99 %)
  11. other (14.63 %)

Location
The airport is about 32 kilometres or 19 miles north of Colombo, near the municipality Katunayake. It is easy to reach on the highway A3. there are plenty of taxis at the airport for the onward journey. Alternatively take the 187 bus from the main road opposite the airport terminal that operates a daily service to the city between 5 am and 11 pm at 30-minute intervals. In Colombo there are further connections, for instance to Kandy. Negombo to Negombo use the # 187 and after about 1 mile change for the 240 bus that leaves from the A3 every 15 minutes. Alternatively take a car rickshaw (Tuk-Tuk).


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