Ampara Airport — Ampara, Sri Lanka

Ampara Airport, at a low 150 feet above sea level in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province, makes do with a single runway, consistent with the light scheduled traffic found across much of the country outside the main Colombo gateway. Eastern Province sits along the island's drier coastal belt, a part of the country with fewer airports overall than the west and south. A domestic option exists here for a region where road travel to Colombo can take considerably longer than a short flight would, particularly for anyone based well inland from the capital.