{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport","iataCode":"HRI","icaoCode":"VCRI","city":"Mattala","country":"LK","airportType":"large_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":6.284467,"longitude":81.124128},"elevationMeters":48,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"Opened in March 2013, Mattala Rajapaksa International (IATA: HRI, ICAO: VCRI) was built to serve southeast Sri Lanka from a site about 18 km from Hambantota, but traffic never followed the ambition and the field became widely known as one of the world's emptiest airports. It is operated by the state-owned Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited (AASL); talks on an Indian joint venture were abandoned without agreement in 2020. AASL reported the highest passenger movements in the airport","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/mattala-rajapaksa-international-airport-hri","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/mattala-rajapaksa-international-airport-hri","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport · (IATA: HRI) · Mattala, LK · 48 m"}