President opens renovated Iranamadu airstrip

President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared open the reconstructed Iranamadu airstrip in the Kilinochchi District a short while ago, President’s Media Unit said.

LTTE cadres had constructed a 600m long runway at the same site and destroyed it using bulldozers, prior to the Army retaking Iranamadu.

The reconstructed runway extends up to 1500m and a width of 25 metres. The reconstruction work was carried by the Sri Lanka Air Force.

The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrema personally flew a Y 12 aircraft and had made a test landing.

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