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Koggala Airport
Airport Directory » Sri Lanka » Koggala » Koggala AirportAirport information for Koggala AirportCountry: Sri LankaLocation: Koggala Coordinates: 06.00.00N / 080.19.00E IATA Code: KCT Timezone: GMT +5.3 Direct flights form Koggala Airport Direct flights to Koggala Airport Find connecting flights to Koggala Airport Find connecting flights from Koggala Airport |
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Koggala Airport (IATA: KCT, ICAO: VCCK) in Sri Lanka was originally a Royal Air Force (RAF) ground RAF Koggala. It is currently the SLAF Koggala, used for domestic voyages and for armed forces intentions.
Prior to the Second World War, the lake at Koggala was used for hydroplanes. After the eruption of conflict, a water landing track was demarcated and a flying boat ground was constituted, it was the biggest flying-boat ground in the east. The RAF winged Consolidated PBY Catalinas and Short Sunderlands of No. 202 Squadron RAF, No. 204 Squadron RAF, No. 205 Squadron RAF, and No. 230 Squadron from here. It was a Catalina from Koggala which turn up the fleet of Admiral Chuichi Nagumo on four April 1942. It was 2 Sunderlands from here that delivered a group of lesion Chindits from Burma in June 1944.
After the Japanese busy the Malay Peninsula in 1942, the QEA/Imperial Airways voyage from London to Sydney lost Singapore, its refueling point between Calcutta and Perth, Western Australia. It was vital to the British/Australian conflict attempt that the voyage be back up at anybody cost, so an jump path was constituted through Koggala.
QEA and Imperial Airways winged Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat from Koggala lake to the Swan River at Perth, on what was at the clip the world's longest non-stop air path. The aeroplans each transported 3 riders, and 60 kg (130 pound) of get off. At 28 60 minutes, the voyage was so long that the riders saw the sun arise twice, and it came to be named the 'voyage of the duplicate dayspring'. The 1st voyage get from Perth on 30 March 1943, the last struggle was on 18 July 1945. The Catalinas were replaced by civilianised Consolidated B-24 Liberator and Avro Lancastrian planes.
Meanwhile, the macadamise surface of the district landing track was germinated. After the conflict, Air Ceylon functioned services to and from Koggala by Douglas DC-3 Dakota planes. In 1964, the Dakotas were replaced by Avro 748 and Nord Aviation 262 aircraft. These services were ended coming after the closing of Air Ceylon in 1978.
Koggala elongated as a Sri Lanka Air Force ground.
The Government of Sri Lanka anticipates to upgrade the Koggala airport to international criterion as an alternative airport to the BIA. The feasibleness survey, by a U.S. office, has been finished.
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