Bandaranaike International Airport, located in (or close to) Colombo has 1 runway, which is 10991 feet (3350 metres) long. The geographic coordinates of this airport are 7 degrees, 10 minutes, 51 seconds north (7.180756) and 79 degrees, 53 minutes, 3 seconds east (79.884117). Bandaranaike International Airport is 30 feet (9 m) above sea level.

Bandaranaike International Airport, near Colombo, Sri Lanka, is in is in the time zone UTC+6. The local time there now is therefore 12:43.

The airport is referred to by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) using the airport code CMB. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) uses VCBI when referring to Bandaranaike International Airport.