Nonstop flight route between Colombo, Sri Lanka and Bali, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB), Colombo, Sri Lanka and Bali Airport (BAJ), Bali, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,791 miles (or 7,710 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Bandaranaike International Airport and Bali Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Bandaranaike International Airport and Bali Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | CMB / VCBI |
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Location: | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
GPS Coordinates: | 7°10'51"N by 79°53'0"E |
Area Served: | Colombo |
Operator/Owner: | Sri Lankan Government |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 26 feet (8 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from CMB |
More Information: | CMB Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | BAJ / |
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Location: | Bali, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea |
GPS Coordinates: | 5°53'43"N by 10°2'2"E |
Area Served: | Bali |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 4437 feet (1,352 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from BAJ |
More Information: | BAJ Maps & Info |
Facts about Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB):
- Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) currently has only 1 runway.
- Bandaranaike International Airport is equipped with 18 double jetway gates in preparation for airlines introducing the Airbus A380.
- In the early 1990s the position of the airport's runway was shifted northward and the old runway was made into a taxiway for departing and arriving aircraft.
- In addition to being known as "Bandaranaike International Airport", another name for CMB is "බණ්ඩාරනායක ජාත්යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපළபண்டாரநாயக்க பன்னாட்டு விமான நிலையம்".
- The second phase of the expansion project is being carried out with Japanese assistance and is expected to be completed by 2015.
- The closest airport to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) is Ratmalana Airport (RML), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) S of CMB.
- The furthest airport from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 11,614 miles (18,691 kilometers) away in Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
- Because of Bandaranaike International Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Bandaranaike International Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- Bandaranaike International Airport handled 7,328,798 passengers last year.
Facts about Bali Airport (BAJ):
- Because of Bali Airport's high elevation of 4,437 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at BAJ. Combined with a high temperature, this could make BAJ a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
- The furthest airport from Bali Airport (BAJ) is Canton Island Airport (CIS), which is nearly antipodal to Bali Airport (meaning Bali Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Canton Island Airport), and is located 12,190 miles (19,618 kilometers) away in Canton Island, Kiribati.
- The closest airport to Bali Airport (BAJ) is Bali Airport (BLC), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of BAJ.
- Bali Airport (BAJ) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Bali Airport", other names for BAJ include "Bali Airport (Bali)", "BLC" and "FKKG".