Nonstop flight route between Cuneo, Italy and Colombo, Sri Lanka:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Cuneo International Airport (CUF), Cuneo, Italy and Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB), Colombo, Sri Lanka would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,999 miles (or 8,045 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 Cuneo International 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 Cuneo International 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 Cuneo International Airport (CUF):

• In addition to being known as "Cuneo International Airport", another name for CUF is "Aeroporto Internazionale di Cuneo".
• The closest airport to Cuneo International Airport (CUF) is Albenga Airport (ALL), which is located 43 miles (69 kilometers) SE of CUF.
• The furthest airport from Cuneo International Airport (CUF) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Cuneo International Airport (meaning Cuneo International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,228 miles (19,680 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Cuneo International Airport (CUF) currently has only 1 runway.
• Cuneo International Airport handled 236,113 passengers last year.

Facts about Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB):

• In addition to being known as "Bandaranaike International Airport", another name for CMB is "බණ්ඩාරනායක ජාත්‍යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපළபண்டாரநாயக்க பன்னாட்டு விமான நிலையம்".
• The closest airport to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) is Ratmalana Airport (RML), which is located 25 miles (40 kilometers) S of CMB.
• The Bandaranaike International Airport has a single runway with an asphalt surface.
• On 7 May 2007 the Sri Lankan Government decided to shift some military aviation operations out of the space adjoining the airport to SLAF Hingurakgoda, thus paving the way for more civilian operations.
• Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) currently has only 1 runway.
• The airport is undergoing resurfacing of its runway.
• 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.
• It was named after former Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike, in 1970.
• Bandaranaike International Airport handled 7,328,798 passengers last year.
• 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.
• As part of the airport development program, a passenger train service was launched between the Airport and Colombo Secretariat Station, in June 2010.