China Bay Airport

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China Bay Airport is an air force base and domestic airport in China Bay in eastern Sri Lanka. Located approximately 7 km (4.3 mi) south west of the city of Trincomalee, the airport is also known as Trincomalee Airport and SLAF China Bay.

History

During the 1920s the British built an airfield in China Bay in eastern Ceylon. The Royal Air Force established an airfield called RAF Station China Bay in March 1942 with Hurricane, Spitfire and Catalina aircraft

A number of RAF squadrons (17, 159, 205, 240, 258, 261, 273, 321, 357, 648) and other units were stationed at the airfield during and immediately after the war. The airfield was bombed by the Japanese on 9 April 1942 during World War II. The airfield was upgraded to accommodate Boeing B-29 Superfortress over the first half of 1944. After these upgrades were complete it was used to stage the B-29 attack force for the unsuccessful Operation Boomerang raid on oil refineries at Palembang in August 1944.

After independence, the British maintained two military airfields in Ceylon, the Royal Air Force station at RAF Katunayake and the Royal Navy base in Trincomalee, and camps at Diyatalawa. The naval base in Trincomalee included the airfield in China Bay. It was opened to civilian flights in 1952. All British military airfields/barracks and sites in the country were transferred and taken over by the Ceylonese government in November 1957. RAF China Bay became RCyAF China Bay. It became SLAF Base China Bay in May 1972. The base was turned into the Sri Lanka Air Force Academy in March 1976. The academy was made an air force base in January 1987 due to the civil war.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger


Airlines Destinations
Air Senok Charter: Colombo–Ratmalana
Cinnamon Air Colombo–Bandaranaike, Sigiriya
FitsAir Charter:Colombo–Ratmalana, Jaffna
Helitours Colombo–Ratmalana, Jaffna
Charter: Hambantota-Mattala

Cargo


Airlines Destinations
FitsAir Colombo–Ratmalana

Lodger squadrons
  • No. 01 Flying Training Wing
  • No. 06 Air Defence Radar Squadron
  • No. 112 Surveillance Squadron
Air Force Academy

The base houses the Sri Lanka Air Force Academy.Established in 1976, the academy is where the Sri Lanka Air Force conducts its initial officer training. Currently there are three lodger formations carrying out training:

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Om Trincomalee-distriktet

Trincomalee er en havneby på Sri Lankas østkyst. Trincomalee-bugtens havn er kendt for sin størrelse og sikkerhed; i modsætning til alle andre havne i Det Indiske Hav er den tilgængelig for alle typer fartøjer i al slags vejr. Strandene bruges til surfing, dykning, fiskeri og hvalsafari. Byen har også det største hollandske fort i Sri Lanka. Den er hjemsted for store srilankanske flådebaser og en srilankansk luftvåbenbase.

De fleste tamiler og singalesere mener, at dette sted er helligt for dem, og de er områdets oprindelige folk. Trincomalee og omegn har både hinduistiske og buddhistiske steder af historisk betydning. Disse steder er hellige for hinduer og buddhister.

Om Østprovinsen

Den østlige provins er en af ​​de 9 provinser i Sri Lanka. Provinserne har eksisteret siden det 19. århundrede, men de havde ingen juridisk status før 1987, da den 13. ændring af Sri Lankas forfatning fra 1978 oprettede provinsråd. Mellem 1988 og 2006 blev provinsen midlertidigt fusioneret med den nordlige provins for at danne den nordøstlige provins. Provinsens hovedstad er Trincomalee. Den østlige provins havde 1.460.939 indbyggere i 2007. Provinsen er den mest mangfoldige i Sri Lanka, både etnisk og religiøst.

Den østlige provins har et areal på 9.996 kvadratkilometer. Provinsen er omgivet af den nordlige provins mod nord, Bengalbugten mod øst, den sydlige provins mod syd og provinserne Uva, Central og North Central mod vest. Provinsens kyst er domineret af laguner, hvoraf de største er Batticaloa-lagunen, Kokkilai-lagunen, Upaar-lagunen og Ullackalie-lagunen.

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