Nonstop flight route between Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil and Hambantota, Sri Lanka:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Dario Guarita State Airport (ARU), Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil and Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI), Hambantota, Sri Lanka would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,043 miles (or 14,553 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 Dario Guarita State Airport and Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
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Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | ARU / SBAU |
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Location: | Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil |
GPS Coordinates: | 21°8'39"S by 50°25'35"W |
Area Served: | Araçatuba |
Operator/Owner: | DAESP |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 1361 feet (415 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from ARU |
More Information: | ARU Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | HRI / VCRI |
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Location: | Hambantota, Sri Lanka |
GPS Coordinates: | 6°17'20"N by 81°7'24"E |
Area Served: | Hambantota |
Operator/Owner: | Sri Lankan Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 157 feet (48 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from HRI |
More Information: | HRI Maps & Info |
Facts about Dario Guarita State Airport (ARU):
- In addition to being known as "Dario Guarita State Airport", another name for ARU is "Aeroporto Estadual Dario Guarita".
- The airport is located 10 km from downtown Araçatuba.
- The closest airport to Dario Guarita State Airport (ARU) is Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport (SJP), which is located 70 miles (112 kilometers) ENE of ARU.
- Dario Guarita State Airport (ARU) currently has only 1 runway.
- Dario Guarita State Airport handled 160,571 passengers last year.
- The furthest airport from Dario Guarita State Airport (ARU) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to Dario Guarita State Airport (meaning Dario Guarita State Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,095 miles (19,464 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
Facts about Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI):
- It handled nearly 6000 passengers in the first two months after opening.
- The closest airport to Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI) is Weerawila Airport (WRZ), which is located only 8 miles (13 kilometers) ESE of HRI.
- Phase one began on 27 November 2009 at Mattala.
- Construction of phase one began on 27 November 2009 at Mattala.
- A new aerodrome designed to meet the ICAO specification for code 4F is to be built.
- Because of Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport's relatively low elevation of 157 feet, planes can take off or land at Mattala Rajapaksa 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.
- The furthest airport from Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 11,719 miles (18,860 kilometers) away in Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
- In addition to being known as "Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport", another name for HRI is "මත්තල රාජපක්ෂ ජාත්යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපළமத்தல ராஜபக்ஷ பன்னாட்டு விமான நிலையம்".
- Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI) currently has only 1 runway.
- The airport was declared open by the President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, on 18 March 2013 and commenced operations with the landing of a SriLankan Airlines special Airbus A340 flight named 'City of Magam Ruhunupura' with the President on board.