BJT is the airport code associated with Bentota, a popular beach resort town on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, where the Bentota river meets the Indian Ocean, some seventy kilometres south of the capital, Colombo. Bentota is one of Sri Lanka's best-loved beach destinations, a long stretch of golden sand fringed by palms, backed by the calm waters of the Bentota river and lagoon. It grew from an old Portuguese fort and later a British rest house into a string of hotels along the coast, and is known for its beaches, watersports, river safaris through the mangroves and traditional mask-making. The code relates to a water aerodrome, where a seaplane service from Colombo lands on the lagoon. Bentota is reached by road and rail down the coast from Colombo, whose airport is the main gateway, and by seaplane. The climate is tropical, with a hot, wet monsoon season.
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