Nonstop flight route between Nashua, New Hampshire, United States and Trincomalee, Sri Lanka:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Nashua Airport (ASH), Nashua, New Hampshire, United States and China Bay Airport (TRR), Trincomalee, Sri Lanka would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,496 miles (or 13,673 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 Nashua Airport and China Bay 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 Nashua Airport and China Bay Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Nashua Airport (ASH):

• Nashua Airport (ASH) currently has only 1 runway.
• In 1943 it was named Boire Field, after Ensign Paul Boire, who was Nashua's first casualty in World War II.
• Also offered from the Nashua airport is on-demand air charter.
• Because of Nashua Airport's relatively low elevation of 199 feet, planes can take off or land at Nashua 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 closest airport to Nashua Airport (ASH) is Manchester–Boston Regional Airport (MHT), which is located only 11 miles (18 kilometers) NNE of ASH.
• In addition to being known as "Nashua Airport", another name for ASH is "Boire Field".
• The furthest airport from Nashua Airport (ASH) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,728 miles (18,875 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• The airport has recently rebuilt and moved Runway 14-32 to the northeast 300 feet.

Facts about China Bay Airport (TRR):

• After independence, the British maintained two military airfields in Ceylon, the Royal Air Force station at RAF Katunayake and the naval base in Trincomalee, and camps at Diyatalawa.
• In addition to being known as "China Bay Airport", another name for TRR is "சீனக்குடா விமான நிலையம்චීන වරාය ගුවන්තොටුපළ".
• China Bay Airport (TRR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The base houses the Sri Lanka Air Force Academy.
• The closest airport to China Bay Airport (TRR) is Anuradhapura Airport (ACJ), which is located 54 miles (87 kilometers) WSW of TRR.
• Originally built by the British during their Empire colonial times, it was transferred to the Royal Ceylonese Air Force which later became the Sri Lanka Air Force.
• During the 1920s the British built an airfield in China Bay in eastern Ceylon.
• Because of China Bay Airport's relatively low elevation of 7 feet, planes can take off or land at China Bay 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 China Bay Airport (TRR) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 11,625 miles (18,709 kilometers) away in Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.