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Jaffna airport at Jaffna (Sri Lanka)
Jaffna airport is located near Jaffna, with Valvedditturai at 7mi↑, Jaffna at 10mi↑, Point Pedro at 11mi↑, Kilinochchi at 35mi↑, Vedaraniyam at 42mi↑, Mannar at 57mi↑, Muttupet at 58mi↑, Adirampattinam at 60mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Sri Lanka and Southernmost airports in Sri Lanka
→ See also airports in Sri Lanka
aerial view of Jaffna airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : VCCJ
- IATA code : JAF
- Local code : -
Elevation : 10 m = 33ft
→ See also Highest airports in Sri Lanka and Lowest airports in Sri Lanka
Runways
- runway 05/23 : 2286m = 7500ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Sri Lanka
Coming to Jaffna airport
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
activities : book on Viator
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By train : book on Trip.com
- kodikkarai train station at 38mi
- mutupet train station at 57mi
- tiruturaipdi junction train station at 59mi
By plane :
- Jaffna airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Iranamadu seaplane base at 43mi : book on Trip.com
- Tanjore Air Force Base airport at 92mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Jaffna airport VCCJ JAF
METAR for Jaffna airport VCCJ JAF
VCCJ 160910Z 36006KT 9999 RA BKN018 OVC080 27/23 Q1008 NOSIG
Decoded METAR for Jaffna airport VCCJ JAF
METAR issued by VCCJ on Monday, December 16, 2024 at 09:10 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 3 hours and 35 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 27°C = 81°F, dew point is 23°C = 73°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 79%.
QNH is 1008hPa = 29.77inHg
Wind 11km/h = 6kt, direction is 360°.
Clouds : broken at 1800ft = 550m. overcast at 8000ft = 2440m.
rain
No significant change forecasted in next 2 hours
No TAF for Jaffna airport
but aviation weather is available at Tanjore Air Force Base airport (VOTJ) at 92mi↑
NOTAM for Jaffna airport
Around Jaffna airport at Jaffna (Sri Lanka)
near
- Hotels in Valvedditturai
- TianAn Rega Hotel (Beijing) at 3048mi↑
- Station de montagne Saint-Moritz at 4791mi↑
- Station de montagne Davos Klosters at 4795mi↑
- Station de montagne Arosa Lenzerheide at 4805mi↑
- Station de montagne Laax at 4821mi↑
- Station de montagne Aletsch Arena at 4872mi↑
- Station de montagne Saas Fee at 4878mi↑
- Station de montagne Grindelwald-Wengen at 4880mi↑
- Station de montagne Zermatt at 4886mi↑
- Station de montagne Kandersteg-Sunnbüel-Oeschinensee at 4894mi↑
- Station de montagne La Colmiane at 4899mi↑
- Station de montagne Isola 2000 at 4903mi↑
- for Jaffna airport at 0mi↑
- for Iranamadu airport at 43mi↑
- for Iranamadu airport at 44mi↑
nearest airports to Jaffna airport at Jaffna (Sri Lanka)
- Iranamadu seaplane base ( IRU ) at 43mi↑
- Iranamadu airport ( LK-0001) at 44mi↑
- Sri Lanka Air Force Station Mullaitivu airport ( LK-0004) at 58mi↑
- Thalladi airport ( LK-0003) at 59mi↑
- Nagapattinam heliport ( IN-0144) at 71mi↑
- INS Parundu heliport ( IN-0147) at 73mi↑
- MARG heliport ( IN-0143) at 74mi↑
- Vavuniya airport (VCCV ) at 78mi↑NOTAM
- Ramnad Naval Air Station airport (VORM ) at 82mi↑
- Ramanathapuram heliport ( IN-0148) at 88mi↑
- Chettinad Airstrip airport ( IN-0006) at 91mi↑defunct airport
- Tanjore Air Force Base airport (VOTJ TJV ) at 92mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in Sri Lanka
Data sources
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap