Nonstop flight route between Galle, Sri Lanka and Nadi, Fiji:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Koggala Airport (KCT), Galle, Sri Lanka and Nadi International Airport (NAN), Nadi, Fiji would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,812 miles (or 10,962 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 Koggala Airport and Nadi 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 Koggala Airport and Nadi International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | KCT / VCCK |
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Location: | Galle, Sri Lanka |
GPS Coordinates: | 5°59'38"N by 80°19'14"E |
Operator/Owner: | Sri Lanka Air Force |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) |
View all routes: | Routes from KCT |
More Information: | KCT Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | NAN / NFFN |
Airport Name: | Nadi International Airport |
Location: | Nadi, Fiji |
GPS Coordinates: | 17°45'19"S by 177°26'35"E |
Area Served: | Nadi |
Operator/Owner: | Airports Fiji Limited (AFL) |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 59 feet (18 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from NAN |
More Information: | NAN Maps & Info |
Facts about Koggala Airport (KCT):
- Meanwhile, the tarmac surface of the land runway was developed.
- The closest airport to Koggala Airport (KCT) is Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI), which is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) ENE of KCT.
- Koggala Airport in Sri Lanka was originally a Royal Air Force Station RAF Koggala.
- In addition to being known as "Koggala Airport", another name for KCT is "කොග්ගල ගුවන්තොටුපළ".
- Because of Koggala Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Koggala 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 Koggala Airport (KCT) is Seymour Airport (GPS), which is located 11,683 miles (18,802 kilometers) away in Baltra Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
Facts about Nadi International Airport (NAN):
- The closest airport to Nadi International Airport (NAN) is Mana Island Airport (MNF), which is located 23 miles (38 kilometers) WNW of NAN.
- The furthest airport from Nadi International Airport (NAN) is Timbuktu Airport (TOM), which is nearly antipodal to Nadi International Airport (meaning Nadi International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Timbuktu Airport), and is located 12,360 miles (19,891 kilometers) away in Timbuktu, Mali.
- The Civil Aviation Authority of the Fiji Islands head office is at Nadi Airport.Air Pacific has its head office in the Air Pacific Maintenance & Administration Centre at the airport.
- Drama came to Nadi Airport on 19 May 1987.
- Then, as now, Fiji was the crossroads of the Pacific – and in those days was even more important as a refuelling stop.
- Because of Nadi International Airport's relatively low elevation of 59 feet, planes can take off or land at Nadi 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.
- Nadi International Airport (NAN) has 2 runways.
- Today, the largest concentration of hotels in Fiji has grown up in and around Nadi.