Nonstop flight route between Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India and Colombo, Sri Lanka:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Kanpur Airport कानपुर हवाई अड्डा کان پور ہوائی اڈا (KNU), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India and Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB), Colombo, Sri Lanka would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,329 miles (or 2,138 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 relatively short distance between Kanpur Airport कानपुर हवाई अड्डा کان پور ہوائی اڈا and Bandaranaike International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Kanpur Airport कानपुर हवाई अड्डा کان پور ہوائی اڈا (KNU):

• Kanpur Airport aka Chakeri Air Force Station is an airport that was originally designated for the Indian Air Force.
• UP Govt signed a MOU with Airports Authority of India for development of civil enclave at Kanpur Airport.
• The furthest airport from Kanpur Airport कानपुर हवाई अड्डा کان پور ہوائی اڈا (KNU) is Mataveri International Airport (IPC), which is located 11,828 miles (19,035 kilometers) away in Easter Island, Chile.
• In addition to being known as "Kanpur Airport कानपुर हवाई अड्डा کان پور ہوائی اڈا", other names for KNU include "Chakeri Air Force Station" and "VICX".
• The closest airport to Kanpur Airport कानपुर हवाई अड्डा کان پور ہوائی اڈا (KNU) is Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (LKO), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) NE of KNU.
• Kanpur Airport कानपुर हवाई अड्डा کان پور ہوائی اڈا (KNU) has 2 runways.
• Because of Kanpur Airport कानपुर हवाई अड्डा کان پور ہوائی اڈا's relatively low elevation of 410 feet, planes can take off or land at Kanpur Airport कानपुर हवाई अड्डा کان پور ہوائی اڈا 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.

Facts about Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB):

• The airport began as a Royal Air Force airfield in 1944 during the Second World War, RAF Station Negombo
• Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) currently has only 1 runway.
• It was named after former Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike, in 1970.
• The airport is undergoing resurfacing of its runway.
• Bandaranaike International Airport handled 7,328,798 passengers last year.
• The Bandaranaike International Airport has a single runway with an asphalt surface.
• The airport is used by Emirates as an alternative emergency airport for its Airbus A380 aircraft.
• 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 is one of the two international airports serving the city of Colombo, the other is Ratmalana 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 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.