Nonstop flight route between Andros Island, Bahamas and Colombo, Sri Lanka:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Andros Town Airport (ASD), Andros Island, Bahamas and Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB), Colombo, Sri Lanka would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,770 miles (or 15,724 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 Andros Town Airport and Bandaranaike International 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 Andros Town Airport and Bandaranaike International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Andros Town Airport (ASD):

• The closest airport to Andros Town Airport (ASD) is Clarence A. Bain Airport (MAY), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) SSE of ASD.
• The furthest airport from Andros Town Airport (ASD) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,722 miles (18,864 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
• Because of Andros Town Airport's relatively low elevation of 5 feet, planes can take off or land at Andros Town 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.
• In addition to being known as "Andros Town Airport", another name for ASD is "Fresh Creek Airport".
• Andros Town Airport (ASD) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB):

• Terminal 1 opened in 1967 and is the oldest, but biggest terminal in the airport.
• 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.
• In 1964 Anil Moonesinghe, the Cabinet Minister of Communications, started the building of a new international airport to replace Ratmalana, with Canadian aid.
• In addition to being known as "Bandaranaike International Airport", another name for CMB is "බණ්ඩාරනායක ජාත්‍යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපළபண்டாரநாயக்க பன்னாட்டு விமான நிலையம்".
• The airport began as a Royal Air Force airfield in 1944 during the Second World War, RAF Station Negombo
• 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.
• Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) currently has only 1 runway.
• Bandaranaike International Airport handled 7,328,798 passengers last year.
• On 9 January 2012, an Airbus A380-800 operated by Emirates flight EK 413 from Sydney landed at Bandaranaike International Airport.
• A new split-level passenger terminal building which separates arrivals and departures vertically, a new pier with eight boarding gates and 14 passenger boarding bridges with a dedicated gate comprising two passenger boarding bridges for the operations of the new Airbus A380, will be included in the proposed new complex.
• The closest airport to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) is Ratmalana Airport (RML), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) S of CMB.
• As part of the airport development program, a passenger train service was launched between the Airport and Colombo Secretariat Station, in June 2010.