Airports / Sri Lanka / TRR
China Bay Airport
VCCT / TRRTrincomalee, Sri LankaELEV 6 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
32 nm
To the nearest alternate
Hingurakgoda Air Force Base (HIM) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, China Bay Airport (VCCT / TRR) operates as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 6 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into TRR for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Hingurakgoda Air Force Base (HIM, 32 nm), Anuradhapura Airport (ACJ, 47 nm), and Batticaloa International Airport (BTC, 58 nm).
Charter pricing from TRR depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under SLAF China Bay and RAF China Bay. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Trincomalee.
Field capability
ICAO
VCCT
IATA
TRR
FAA / Local
VCCT
Elevation
6 ft
Coordinates
8.5392° N · 81.1813° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Sri Lanka fields
state range 6–324 ft
At 6 ft, TRR sits lower than 90% of the 10 Sri Lanka fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 32nmHIMHingurakgoda Air Force BasePolonnaruwa Town
- 47nmACJAnuradhapura AirportAnuradhapura
- 58nmBTCBatticaloa International AirportBatticaloa
- 77nmADPAmpara AirportAmpara
- 100nmJAFJaffna International AirportJaffna
- 112nmCMBBandaranaike International Colombo AirportColombo
Location
Open the full mapVCCT · China Bay Airport · Trincomalee, Sri Lanka