CMB Airport Code: Colombo Airport IATA & ICAO

Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) is stored for Colombo, Sri Lanka. ICAO VCBI. Timezone Asia/Colombo. This page does not list live flights, fares or terminals.

Overview

CMB is the IATA airport code stored in this dataset for Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka (LK). The matching ICAO identifier is VCBI. Travel agents see CMB on tickets, baggage tags, and GDS segment city pairs (six letters, for example CMBLHR when the other airport is London Heathrow). ICAO VCBI is used in flight plans and ATC, not as the two-or-three-character GDS city-pair token. The IANA timezone recorded for local GDS times at this airport is Asia/Colombo. This code page explains how CMB is used in PNR text. It is not a live departures board. Terminal maps, contact phone numbers, lounge lists, and published flight schedules are not available in this dataset and are not invented here. Nearby airports stored for Sri Lanka: none stored in this country slice. Related IATA city code in this dataset: CMB. To turn a booked PNR that contains CMB into a customer itinerary, paste the cryptic text into the PNR parser.

How to use this page

Confirm the three-letter token on the ticket or PNR is CMB, not a similar code.
Open the PNR parser and paste the full itinerary that contains CMB.
Convert and check that city and timezone match this record.
Use the airport-code page if you only need IATA versus ICAO for CMB.
Do not copy terminal or lounge claims from other websites onto this page. They are not stored here.

Example

Example GDS segment using this airport as origin: 2 AI 101 J 12OCT 1 CMBLHR HK1 0945 1510 12OCT E The parser should read CMB as departure. Times 0945/1510 are local as printed, not converted to your PC clock. If CMB is missing from the dataset, city and timezone enrichment stay empty rather than guessed.

FAQs

What is the CMB airport code?

CMB is the IATA code stored for Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

What does CMB stand for?

In this dataset CMB identifies Bandaranaike International Airport. IATA codes are location identifiers, not always acronyms of the city name.

What is the ICAO code for CMB?

This dataset lists VCBI as the ICAO designator.

Is CMB the same as VCBI?

No. CMB is IATA (tickets and GDS city pairs). VCBI is ICAO (flight plans).

Where is CMB airport?

Bandaranaike International Airport is stored as Colombo, Sri Lanka (LK).

What timezone is CMB?

Asia/Colombo is the IANA zone stored for local GDS time context. DST rules follow that zone.

Which terminals does CMB use?

Terminal information is not available in this dataset.

How do travel agents use CMB in a PNR?

Segment city pairs include CMB as origin or destination, for example CMBLHR. Paste the PNR into the parser to build a clean itinerary.

Are there other airports near Colombo?

No other Sri Lanka airports are stored in this slice of the catalog.

Can I look up live flights from CMB?

Not on this page. This product parses booked PNR text; it does not query airline schedules.

Is CMB a city code or an airport code?

In this dataset CMB is the airport code and is also grouped under city code CMB.

How often is CMB data updated?

When the stored catalog row changes. Last page template update: 17 Aug 2026. Unverified operational claims are omitted.