Vavuniya Airport

Vavuniya Airport (Tamil: வவுனியா விமான நிலையம், romanized: Vavuṉiyā Vimāṉa Nilaiyam; Sinhala: වවුනියාව ගුවන්තොටුපළ, romanized: Vavuniyāva Guvantoṭupaḷa) (ICAO: VCCV) is an air force base and domestic airport in Vavuniya in northern Sri Lanka.

During World War II the British Royal Air Force built an airfield in Vavuniya in northern Ceylon.

[3] A number of RAF squadrons (17, 22, 47, 60, 89, 132, 176, 217) and other units were stationed at the airfield during and immediately after the war.

[5] A Sri Lanka Air Force detachment moved onto the site on 1 August 1978.

The airport is part of a large military complex in Vavuniya that includes Security Forces Headquarters - Wanni.